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It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi · 2025 CE · Film · Persian · Contemporary

A man recognises a limp and a squeaking prosthetic leg belonging, he is certain, to the interrogator who tortured him in prison, and he takes the man; unsure, he drives around gathering other former prisoners to confirm it, none of whom ever saw their questioner's face. Everyone in the van has a different idea of what to do if they are right. Panahi made it after his own imprisonment and release.

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