Description
In this Palme d’Or winner from the Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi, a chance encounter sets in motion an urgent moral thriller. When a stranded driver (Ebrahim Azizi) walks into his shop, mechanic Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) believes he has come face-to-face with Eqbal, a notoriously brutal guard who tortured him during his political imprisonment. Gathering a band of fellow former inmates and other allies, Vahid sets out to take justice into his own hands—but does he have the right man? Shot in secret after Panahi’s longtime ban from filmmaking in his home country, It Was Just an Accident is a tour de force of sustained tension and mordant humor, provocatively shifting perspectives to examine vital questions of trauma and revenge.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New digital master, approved by director Jafar Panahi, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New conversation between Panahi and filmmaker Ramin Bahrani
- Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2025 featuring Panahi and members of the cast and crew
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by poet, scholar, and translator Sheida Dayani
New cover by Eric Skillman
Criterion Collection:
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- Rated: PG13
- UPC: 715515335713
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