Different Style of Ali Abbasi for “Holy Spider” UK Premiere – 66th BFI London Film Festival
Abbasi was a student when the 2000–01 murders took place and was baffled by the conservative response that heralded Hanaei as a hero, and by how long it took for police to capture him. Abbasi began writing versions of the film shortly after seeing Hanaei interviewed in Maziar Bahari’s 2002 documentary And Along Came a Spider.
October 8, 2022 | 9:55 pm