MUBI has acquired rights to Cannes hit Holy Spider for the UK, Ireland, LatAm and Malaysia. Danish-Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi’s feature, which had its World Premiere in the Main Competition…
’s feature, which had its World Premiere in the Main Competition and has been one of the fest’s buzziest titles, follows the true story of family man Saeed, who embarked on a religious quest to “cleanse” the Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral prostitutes.
several days ago. Wild Bunch International is handling international sales and negotiated the deal with MUBI, which has also picked up Park Chan-wook’s stars Mehdi Bajestani, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Alice Rahimi, Sara Fazilat and Sina Parvaneh.
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