Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, smoking, strong language). In Persian with subtitles. In theaters Oct. 15. There is nothing accidental about the way Jafar Panahi makes movies. The ...

The mundane act of a car breaking down one night on a road in Iran sets in motion one of the most moving movies of the year in “It Was Just an Accident.” The sputtering car comes to a stop outside a ...

It Was Just an Accident (2025) Film Review from the 50th Annual Toronto International Film Festival, a movie directed and written by Jafar Panahi, and starring Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim ...

The premise is simple enough: A man finds his family trip interrupted when his car breaks down. A mechanic thinks this stranger in town was the same person who tortured him for years in prison. He ...

In his latest movie, the formerly banned filmmaker Jafar Panahi tells a circuitous, moving and unexpectedly funny story of resistance. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “It Was Just an Accident” starts with a misdirection, and it won’t be the last. For the film’s first eight minutes ...