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Cast
Zar Amir Ebrahimi | ... |
Arezoo Rahimi
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Diana Al Hussen | ... |
Somayeh's Daughter
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Soraya Helli | ... |
Zari Khanum
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Mehdi Bajestani | ... |
Saeed
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Alice Rahimi | ... |
Somayeh
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Hazem Elian | ... |
Taxi Driver
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Arash Ashtiani | ... |
Sharifi
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Sohaib Qista | ... |
Gholam
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Forouzan Jamshidnejad | ... |
Fatima
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Maryam Taleb | ... |
Khadijeh
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Salma Alabed | ... |
Zahra
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Sina Parvaneh | ... |
Rostami
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Ariane Naziri | ... |
Soghra
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Mesbah Taleb | ... |
Ali
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Marie-Jo Khojandi | ... |
Old Prostitute
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Nima Akbarpour | ... |
Judge
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Haidar Qaraeen | ... |
Old Man at Bakery 1
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Jawdat Saleh | ... |
Old Man at Bakery 2
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Firouz Agheli | ... |
Haji
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Jeries Al Nahas | ... |
Sandwich Shop Owner
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Yazeed Manaseer | ... |
Man on Motorcycle
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Serwan Karim | ... |
Police Officer 1
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Mohammad Khasawneh | ... |
Police Officer 2
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Hussam Al Mohisen | ... |
Forensic Expert
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Foad Hameed | ... |
Farmer
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Dilarom Khushvakhtovna | ... |
Older Lady
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Omar Alashoush | ... |
Boy in Shanty Town
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Hamid Djavadan | ... |
Agha Rasul
(as Hamid Javdan)
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Sara Fazilat | ... |
Zinab
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Anwar Kethia | ... |
Kiosk Owner
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Vali Jokar | ... |
Agha Jan
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Zaha'a Nessan | ... |
Officer 1
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Amir Habeeb | ... |
Officer 2
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Mohammad Aljbore | ... |
Grocery Shop Owner
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Lyandro 'Lulu' Gethya | ... |
Customer
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Mohammad Rateb | ... |
Thin Man
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Ahmad Reyhaneh | ... |
Somayeh's Father
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Rokhshana Breshna Bahar | ... |
Somayeh's Mother
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M. Ali Nazarian | ... |
Lawyer
(as Ali Nazarian)
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Sima Seyed | ... |
Saeed's Mother
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Farhad Faghih Habibi | ... |
Prosecutor
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Baboka Zaki | ... |
Soldier
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Majd Eid | ... |
Photographer
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Wael Baghdadi | ... |
Photographer
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Aria Farjadi | ... |
Witness (uncredited)
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Mahdi Jahangir | ... |
Receptionist (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ali Abbasi |
Written by
Ali Abbasi | ... | (written by) & |
Afshin Kamran Bahrami | ... | (written by) |
Jonas Wagner | ... | (story supervisor) |
Produced by
Ali Abbasi | ... | producer |
Zar Amir Ebrahimi | ... | associate producer |
Johnny Andersen | ... | line producer: Development |
Aseel Abu Ayyash | ... | Assistant Line Producer |
Alexander Bohr | ... | associate producer: ZDF/ARTE |
Sol Bondy | ... | producer |
Rémi Burah | ... | co-producer: ARTE France Cinéma |
Fred Burle | ... | co-producer: One Two Films |
Pascal Caucheteux | ... | co-producer: Why Not Productions |
Birsin Colakoglu | ... | line producer: pre-production |
Urte Amelie Fink | ... | line producer |
Nina Helveg | ... | junior producer |
Barbara Häbe | ... | associate producer: ARTE |
Jacob Jarek | ... | producer |
Christina Jæger | ... | post producer |
Christoph Lange | ... | executive producer: One Two Films |
Vincent Maraval | ... | co-producer: Wild Bunch |
Calle Marthin | ... | co-producer: Nordisk Film Production Sweden |
Ditte Milsted | ... | executive producer: Profile Pictures |
Rula Nasser | ... | line producer / line producer: Jordan |
Peter Possne | ... | co-producer: Film i Väst |
Olivier Père | ... | co-producer: ARTE France Cinéma |
Daniela Ramin | ... | line producer: One Two Films |
Mathias Schwerbrock | ... | Lineproducer in prep |
Grégoire Sorlat | ... | co-producer: Why Not Productions |
Holger Stern | ... | associate producer: ZDF/ARTE |
Eva Åkergren | ... | co-producer: Nordisk Film Production Sweden |
Music by
Martin Dirkov |
Cinematography by
Nadim Carlsen | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Olivia Neergaard-Holm | ||
Hayedeh Safiyari |
Editorial Department
Paul Andexel | ... | Project Manager: Rotor Film |
Daniel Brinck | ... | editing assistant |
Martin Frühmorgen | ... | managing director: Rotor Film |
Sky Helwig | ... | dcp quality assurance |
Benjamin Herb | ... | on-line editor |
Sebastian Hermann | ... | Mastering/DCP Engineer |
Clemens Kindermann | ... | online editor |
Signe Staugaard Koch | ... | Assistent Post Coordination DK |
Holger Lehmann | ... | managing director: Rotor Film |
Petra Lisson | ... | colorist |
Maurits Malschaert | ... | trailer editor |
Lucian 'Toro' Mannucci Hirsch | ... | editing assistant (as Luciana Manucci) |
Thor Ochsner | ... | Additional Editor / additional editor |
Rostam Persson | ... | editing assistant |
Franziska Rausch | ... | post-production coordinator |
Molly Malene Stensgaard | ... | editing consultant |
Hakan Strandhag | ... | Project Manager: Edisen |
Anna-Sophie Voll | ... | Online Titles |
Niklaas Warda | ... | Project Manager: Rotor Film |
Sanne Öberg | ... | Editing Assistant: Edisen |
Casting By
Zar Amir Ebrahimi |
Production Design by
Lina Nordqvist |
Art Direction by
Anas Balawi |
Costume Design by
Hanadi Khurma |
Makeup Department
Morten Jacobsen | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Farah Jadaane | ... | makeup department head |
Hamza Kachkache | ... | hair stylist |
Noureddin Meqbel | ... | make up daily (as Noureddine Meqbel) |
Jeries Al Nahas | ... | barber |
Hamzeh Qashaqesh | ... | hair stylist |
Mohammad Rasheed | ... | makeup artist |
Siwar Saub | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Aseel Yasin | ... | make-up intern |
Production Management
Raya Aburub | ... | production manager |
Lina AlHaj | ... | Travel Coordinator / production coordinator |
Bunyamin Babaoglu | ... | production manager: Turkish Pre-Production Crew |
Sadik Ekinci | ... | head of production: Turkish Pre-Production Crew |
Boris Mang | ... | post production producer |
Jan Meyerdierks | ... | production manager: ensemble recordings |
Anne-Lise Pollakowsky | ... | junior post-production manager |
Andreas Schellenberg | ... | post-production supervisor |
Tareq Shuqom | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarik Afifi | ... | first assistant director |
Farah Al-Majali | ... | third assistant director |
Azza Hourani | ... | second assistant director |
Ahmad Khomakho | ... | third assistant director |
Art Department
Sune Elskær | ... | storyboard artist |
Ibrahim Gaisi | ... | set dresser |
Abdol Hamid | ... | assistant props |
Mahmoud Hamzawi | ... | swing gang |
Mahdi Jahangir | ... | graphic designer |
Yousef Mahasneh | ... | scenic artist |
Amir Nasif | ... | Picture Vehicles Coordinator |
Jamal Odeh | ... | property master |
Hameed Pahang | ... | props assistant |
Muhannad Qasim | ... | Assistant scenic artist |
Taha Radaydeh | ... | set dresser |
Abdullah Rahhal | ... | art buyer/dresser |
John Rang-Schmidt | ... | Production designer assistant |
Danni Riddertoft | ... | Moodboard: development / poster artwork |
Hisham Tayem | ... | swing gang |
Martin Uppman | ... | Sketch Artist |
Sound Department
Gregor Bonse | ... | re-recording mixer |
Martin Dirkov | ... | composer |
Peyman Ghalambor | ... | boom operator: ensemble |
Patrick Ghislain | ... | foley mixer |
Georg Hackenberg | ... | production sound |
Kai Hoffmann | ... | assistant dialog editor |
Moritz Hoffmeister | ... | additional foley editor |
Payam Hosseinian | ... | adr editor |
Ben King | ... | QC Audio |
Jan Meyerdierks | ... | adr mixer / foley mixer: additional foleys |
Julien Naudin | ... | foley artist |
Thomas Neumann | ... | additional sound design |
Mikkel Nielsen | ... | sound effects editor |
Peter Niemeyer | ... | boom operator |
Kasper Rasmussen | ... | sound effects editor |
Rune Sand | ... | sound effects editor |
Peter Sandmann | ... | additional foley artist |
Immo Trümpelmann | ... | additional dialog editor |
Ferdinand Vennemann | ... | mixing assistant |
Lajos Wienkamp Marques | ... | supervising sound editor (as Lajos Wienkamp-Marques) |
Rasmus Winther Jensen | ... | sound editor |
Alexander Wunsch | ... | mixing assistant |
Special Effects by
Rabea Samour | ... | special effects crew |
Waleed Al Subeihat | ... | special effects crew |
Visual Effects by
Jörundur Rafn Arnarson | ... | visual effects supervisor: on-set |
Ruben Ejdestig | ... | visual effects artist: dupp film |
Zafer Fanari | ... | visual effects artist: dupp film |
Martin Fält | ... | 3d artist:dupp film |
Emil Gunnarsson | ... | visual effects artist: dupp film |
Peter Hjorth | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Magnus Jonsson | ... | visual effects artist: dupp film |
Anders Nyman | ... | visual effects supervisor: dupp film |
Per Nyman | ... | visual effects artist: dupp film |
Pär Olsson | ... | visual effects artist: dupp film |
Stunts
Wael Baghdadi | ... | local stunt coordinator / stunt double: Sharifi |
Natalie Hussein | ... | stunt double: Rahimi |
René Lay | ... | stunt coordinator |
Marwan Naghway | ... | stunt double: Saeed (as Marwan Dodo) |
Alexandra Peltekian | ... | stunt double: Zinab |
Anas Al Shishani | ... | stunt double: Saeed |
Camera and Electrical Department
Mohammad Ali Balaawi | ... | key grip |
Mohammed Amaireh | ... | VTO |
Zaid Assaf | ... | digital imaging technician |
Mohammed Badawi | ... | key grip |
Matthias Franz | ... | Gaffer 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin |
Philip Jagdschian | ... | lighting assistant 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin (as Philip Jagtschain) |
Ahmad Jarrar | ... | alternate VTO |
Nasser Kadamani | ... | second assistant camera |
Zaid Kanaan | ... | second assistant camera |
Sinan Al Khatib | ... | drone operator |
Martin Lerche | ... | Light Design |
Ahmad Abu Najem | ... | electrician |
Mahmoud Abu Najem | ... | spark |
Mohammad Abu Najem | ... | best boy |
Yazan Najem | ... | gaffer |
Markus Ohlhus | ... | Gaffer 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin |
Benjamin Raeder | ... | first assistant camera 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin |
Stefan Rücker | ... | digital imaging technician: second unit, visual effects plate unit, Berlin |
Talal Salah | ... | best boy grip / grip |
Zaid Abu Saud | ... | electrician |
Axel Stock | ... | first assistant camera |
Markus Zucker | ... | cinematographer 2nd unit: VFX Plate Unit Berlin |
Casting Department
Seyed Javad Hashemi | ... | acting coach |
Hala Jarrah | ... | casting coordinator |
Mohammad Kloob | ... | casting director Jordan |
Tara Morani | ... | casting assistant (as Taha Moghani) |
Saeed Nasiri | ... | casting coordinator: Turkey |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tuleen Abida | ... | costume assistant |
Rez Fâdjanï | ... | Art & Costume Advisor/Research |
Nabil Khoury | ... | costume supervisor |
Yasmine Lutfi | ... | costume intern |
Location Management
Abdullah Daoud | ... | unit assistant |
Hazem Elian | ... | location manager |
Feras Faour | ... | location security |
Omar Hasan | ... | unit assistant |
Samer Kadash | ... | unit assistant |
Azeez Moghrabi | ... | Unit supervisor |
Mustafa Mursi | ... | unit assistant |
Osama Mursi | ... | unit assistant |
Gökhan Seven | ... | location scout: Turkish Pre-Production Crew |
Emad Toghoj | ... | locations |
Transportation Department
Lina AlHaj | ... | transportation coordinator |
Osama Abu Ali | ... | production driver |
Mustafa Badwan | ... | driver: Wardrobe Truck |
Hasan Enbeh | ... | driver: Light & Grip Truck |
Diya' Ghawadreh | ... | production driver |
Wael Adul Haj | ... | Driver: cast car |
Waleed Abu Al Haj | ... | Driver: Directors car |
Khader Abu Hashish | ... | driver: Set Dressing Truck |
Moustafa Isaa | ... | driver: WC Truck |
Mohammad Khalifehei | ... | driver: Makeup & Hair Truck |
Mahmoud Nassif | ... | production driver |
Nidal Nsairat | ... | production driver |
Fayez Qateel | ... | driver: Props Truck |
Yanal Rawashdeh | ... | production driver |
Omair Shraifat | ... | production driver |
Khaled Shtiwi | ... | driver: Unit Truck |
Raed Al Turk | ... | driver: Camera Truck |
Additional Crew
Mahdi Abu-Salma | ... | daily set pa |
Alaa Algburi | ... | production assistant |
Ahmad Alnaimat | ... | set medic |
Aseel Abu Ayyash | ... | assistant line producer |
Anzor Bij | ... | daily set pa |
Melanie Dastmalchi | ... | producer assistant: Profile Pictures |
Tanya Schurter Deutschbein | ... | Production Controller |
Madeleine Ekman | ... | film commissioner |
Kyle Garrett Greenberg | ... | Distribution |
Alberte Gross | ... | office assistant: Profile Pictures |
Ahmad Hadeed | ... | daily set pa |
Waleed Abu Al Haj | ... | production runner |
Tamim Hannon | ... | production accountant |
Emilie Bredtved Hansen | ... | producer assistant: Profile Pictures |
Farshad Hashemi | ... | assistant to director |
Mostafa Khalaileh | ... | daily set pa |
Omar Khomakho | ... | daily set pa |
Signe Staugaard Koch | ... | office assistant: Profile Pictures |
Emma Lind | ... | producer assistant: Profile Pictures |
Simone Lund-Jensen | ... | production controller |
Abdullah Moghrabi | ... | unit intern |
Aske Nielsen | ... | Intern: Profile Pictures |
Zakaria Sawalha | ... | daily set pa |
Sima Seyed | ... | dialogue coach |
Bahaa Shishani | ... | daily set pa |
Mani Tilgner | ... | travel and booking |
Islam Turbo | ... | daily set pa |
Anna Warfvinge | ... | assistant to producer |
Thanks
Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Roxana Adle | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Ali Akdeniz | ... | the director wishes to thank / the producers wish to thank |
Milad Alami | ... | special thanks |
Helge Albers | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Fabien Arséguel | ... | the producers wish to thank |
David Atlan Jackson | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Hamraz Bayan | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Christoffer Berg | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Julie Billy | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Rasmus Birch | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Marise Boylan | ... | the producers wish to thank |
Jacob Clemmensen | ... | thanks |
Maha Dakhil | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Isabella Eklöf | ... | special thanks |
Behrooz Hashemian | ... | the director wishes to thank (as Behrouz Hashemian) |
Shahab Hosseini | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Bong Joon Ho | ... | the director wishes to thank |
David Lynch | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Gholamreza Moosavi | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Jessica Nickelsberg | ... | the director wishes to thank (as Jessica Nicklesberg) |
Gry Raaby | ... | special thanks |
John Rang-Schmidt | ... | the director wishes to thank (as John Rang Schmidt) |
Amanda Tabak | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Ingeborg Topsøe | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Marianne Tønsberg | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Jonas Wagner | ... | special thanks |
Attila Yucer | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Atilla Salih Yücer | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Ida Ziniti | ... | the director wishes to thank |
Production Companies
- Profile Pictures
- ONE TWO Films
- Nordisk Film Production (co-production)
- Wild Bunch International (co-production)
- Why Not Productions (co-production)
- Film i Väst (in co-production with)
- ZDF/Arte (co-production)
- Arte France Cinéma (co-production)
- ARTE (in partnership with)
- Danmarks Radio (DR) (in partnership with)
- Sveriges Television (SVT) (in partnership with)
- The Imaginarium Films (in association with)
- Rotor Film (in association with)
- Det Danske Filminstitut (support)
- Eurimages (support)
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (support)
- Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (support)
- Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (support)
- Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) (support)
- Nordisk Film & TV-Fond (support)
- MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (support)
- Nova Media
Distributors
- Cinéart (2022) (Netherlands)
- Future Film (2022) (Finland)
- Utopia (2022) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- A-One Films Baltic (2023) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
- Academy 2 (2023) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Alamode Film (2023) (Germany) (theatrical)
- BTeam Pictures (2023) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Bir Film (Turkey) (theatrical)
- Camera Film (2022) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Canibal (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Cineplex (2023) (Colombia) (theatrical)
- Cinobo (Greece) (theatrical)
- Cinéart (2022) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Edko Films (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Exponenta (2023) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Falcon Pictures (Indonesia) (theatrical)
- Film Europe (Czechia) (theatrical)
- Fivia/Cenex (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
- Gaga (Japan) (theatrical)
- Gutek Film (Poland) (theatrical)
- Independenta Film (Romania) (theatrical)
- Les Films 26 (2022) (Côte d’Ivoire) (theatrical)
- MUBI (Malaysia) (theatrical)
- MUBI (Non-US) (theatrical)
- MUBI (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Megarama Distribution (2022) (Morocco) (theatrical)
- Mer Film (2022) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metropolitan Filmexport (2022) (France) (theatrical)
- Mongkol Major (2022) (Thailand) (theatrical)
- Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais (Portugal) (theatrical)
- O2 Play (2023) (Brazil) (theatrical) (as O2 Play)
- Pancinema (South Korea) (theatrical)
- Sphere Films (2022) (Canada) (theatrical)
- TriArt Film (2023) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- United King Films (Israel) (theatrical)
- Vertigo Média Kft. (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Xenix Filmdistribution (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Zeta Films (2023) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Alamode Film (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Alamode Film (2023) (Germany) (DVD)
- Amazon Instant Video (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Amazon Prime Video (2024) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Cine Canibal (2023) (Mexico)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2022) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East, North Africa and Iran - in collaboration with Teleview International)
- Karma Films (2023) (Spain)
- MUBI (2023) (Brazil) (video) (VOD)
- MUBI (2023) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD)
- MUBI (2023) (Ireland) (video) (VOD)
- Madman Entertainment (2023) (Australia)
- Madman Entertainment (2023) (New Zealand)
- MagentaTV (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Maxdome Store (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Maxdome (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- NOS Audiovisuais (2023) (Portugal)
- Netflix (2023) (World-wide) (video)
- Rakuten TV (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Sky Store (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Star Entertainment (2023) (India)
- Vertigo Média Kft. (2022) (Hungary)
- Videobuster.de (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Videoload (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Wild Bunch International (2022) (World-wide)
- iTunes (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Special Effects
- DUPP Film (visual effects facility)
Other Companies
- HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte (law firm)
- Rotor Film (post-production facilities)
- Simple DCP (digital cinema package)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed 16 women between 2000 and 2001. Written by Fred Burle |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | A few days after Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in this film, Iranian officials accused the Iranian-born actress and the movie's Danish-Iranian director, Ali Abbasi, of "blasphemy." Some have even gone further, calling for their executions. The Iranian Organization of Cinema and Audiovisual Affairs, which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, released a statement calling the film "shameless obscenity," adding that it was "the product of the twisted mind of an Iranian-Danish man", and condemning the Cannes Festival for awarding the film the Best Actress award, calling it "an insulting and politically-motivated move". Ebrahimi also told CNN that she had received around 200 threats after the award ceremony at Cannes. The director of 'Holy Spider' and others involved in making this film have also received similar threats. See more » |
Goofs | In the first scene of Rahimi and Sharifi together, style of Sharifi's sleeves repeatedly changes in different shots. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Most Theatre Walkouts I've EVER Seen | Cannes 2022 Explained (2022). See more » |
Crazy Credits | The title card shows up 11 minutes into the movie. See more » |
Quotes |
Saeed:
I'm gonna rid the streets of whores! I ain't gonna stop! See more » |