IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (M) Run Time:101 min
Language: Farsi (Persian) Azerbaijani Producers:Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
Director/Writers: Jafar Panahi Country of Origin:Iran France Luxembourg
Cast; Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi
Winner: Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and nominated for 4 Golden Globes,
At this year’s Golden Globe Awards ”It Was Just an Accident” became the first Iranian film to be nominated for Best Motion Picture
Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal,a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal's identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor. From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.
