IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT at 4PM

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

Wednesday January 21 at 4:00 and at 7:00

One hour and 43 minutes

Persian with English subtitles

Iran, France

Jafar Panahi is the veteran Iranian auteur who continues to get arrested and imprisoned, endure film-making bans and defy the law, and still perseveres in making remarkable and courageous movies.

His latest, winner of this year’s Palme D’Or at Cannes, is a blackly comic story informed by his own experiences with imprisonment. It’s a politically-charged thriller that asks nuanced questions about the nature of trauma, oppression and revenge.

Panahi asks what we’re willing to tolerate in the name of maintaining a civilized world – particularly when the powers-that-be are anything but civilized. But at the same time it also offers an understanding of the importance of humour in the face of darkness.