It Was Just an Accident (2025)
- Original title
- Un simple accident
- Directed by
- Jafar Panahi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Iran, France
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 607 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of former Iranian political prisoners must decide whether to take revenge on a man they suspect was their torturer. The film follows their tense deliberations and the moral questions that arise.
tensesuspensefulbroodingmoralclaustrophobicpoliticalgrittythought-provoking
What happens
It Was Just an Accident (Persian: یک تصادف ساده, romanized: Yek tasādof-e sāde; French: Un simple accident) is a 2025 political thriller film written and directed by Jafar Panahi. The film is a co-production between Iran, France, and Luxembourg. The film follows a group of former Iranian political prisoners who face the question of whether to exact revenge on a man they believe may be their tormentor. Panahi, who is critical of the Iranian government and has been imprisoned several times, made the film without official filming permission from the Iranian authorities. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2025, where it won the Palme d'Or, and received critical acclaim. At the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, it became the first Iranian film to be nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Screenplay, and was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. At the 98th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best International Feature Film (France) and Best Original Screenplay. It Was Just an Accident was theatrically released in France on 1 October 2025 by Memento Distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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