IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

In cooperation with ARTE and MUBI GO

Feature film - IRN, F, LUX 2025 - 105' - OmeU

Director: Jafar Panahi

In freedom, Vahid meets his torturer Eghbal by chance - or at least he thinks he does, because he was tortured blindfolded in prison. Vahid kidnaps the father of the family in order to bury him alive. But then his doubts win out and he sets off on an odyssey through Tehran to find other victims of Eghbal who may be able to identify him. Jafar Panahi's gripping winner of the Palme d'Or reverses the balance of power and lets the victims of state violence judge their tormentor. Will revenge or mercy prevail?

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