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In its original title, Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” calls its titular mishap “simple.” But his films observe no such thing as mere happenstance. It is late at night, and Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) is driving his wife (Afssaneh Najmabadi) and daughter (Delmaz Najafi) home just as a classic trope unfolds: they run over a loose animal whose silhouette was made invisible by a heavy curtain of darkness. Continue reading ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Review: Jafar Panahi Crafts A Sublimely Layered Revenge Tale [Cannes] at The Playlist.
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