The script is good and the acting consistently engaging … a highly watchable film well worth catching in a cinema.
Persian
Despite its simple and potentially depressing premise, everything comes together perfectly in its feel-good third act.
… powerful and sometimes even harrowing stuff, and well-made and acted. It’s definitely worth seeing.
When Iranian/Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi premiered his serial killer thriller Holy Spider at Cannes this year, he had no idea how his film would take on a whole new meaning