It Was Just An Accident
Details
It Was Just An Accident
- Directed by: Jafar Panahi
- Cast: Vahid Mobasseri, Maryam Afshari
- Language: Persian with English subtitles
- Year: 2025
- Duration: 102min
Book your ticket online to make sure you have a seat:
(booking will open on 16 September)
https://www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/lff-2025-it-was-just-accident
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Y7X9sSZ0nYw
We'll meet in the lobby just before the film (I will post a message on how to recognize me). After the film we'll have a drink/snack in the café and chat about it.
Summary:
Jafar Panahi’s critically acclaimed and deserving Palme d’Or winner is a muscular thriller and an engaging morality tale for our times.
A minor traffic accident reunites two men with a shared past. One is set on revenge, but then doubts set in. Panahi (Crimson Gold, 3 Faces, No Bears) opens his film as a languid and at times gently humorous road trip, with the actions of each participant keenly observed. However, it is also a critique of the enduring legacy of a regime on its people and the chilling consequences for those who oppose it.
Perhaps the most bluntly political film by Jafar Panahi yet, It Was Just an Accident is a defiant rebuke of authoritarianism that still delivers the entertainment value of a gripping thriller.