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Exploring Justice in the Darkly Funny Thriller 'It Was Just an Accident'
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January 21, 2026•1 day ago
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The Iranian film "It Was Just an Accident" is gaining Oscar consideration after winning top prizes at Cannes and appearing on numerous best-of lists. Directed by Jafar Panahi, the darkly funny and tense thriller explores the confrontation between a former political prisoner and an individual he believes is his torturer. The film examines themes of justice and revenge.
The Iranian film It Was Just an Accident enters Oscars season with the wind at its back. It won the top prize at Cannes, a raft of other awards and has landed on a lot of top ten lists. The movie bears out those accolades. Directed by Jafar Panahi, it's a tense, volatile, often darkly funny movie about what happens when a former political prisoner runs into a man he's almost convinced is the one who tortured him and other prisoners.
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