Jafar Panahi’s Revenge Road Trip Masterpiece
“It Was Just An Accident” reckons with cruelty and repression.
I’m not that brave... I feel a bit embarrassed when this is seen as courage.
The Iranian director Jafar Panahi told Film Comment in an interview earlier this year. Such humility is becoming in any filmmaker, especially one clutching a Palme d’Or.
The citation, bestowed at Cannes upon Panahi’s new film, It Was Just an Accident, gave the 65-year-old director a lifetime sweep of the world’s top film festival prizes, along with a Golden Bear from Berlin and a Lion from Venice.
Panahi’s modesty serves as an extension of the humane sensibility that suffuses his films—an empathy that transcends simple technique.
Author's summary: Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or award.