An in depth review, synopsis, and analysis of It Was Just An Accident (2025), winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2025! I give it 5 stars and rank it among my favorites of the year. In this episode I discuss the themes of political violence, justice, and redemption, and I analyze the techniques Jafar Panahi used to explore them while making this film in secret in Iran.

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Chapter timestamps:

00:00:00 Hello

00:01:20 Spoiler free review

00:09:27 Checking in re. Heated Rivalry

00:10:40 Podkeeping

00:12:33 Spoiler warning

00:12:43 The coincidental sighting

00:20:25 The abduction

00:21:40 The first interrogation

00:24:31 Consulting Salar

00:26:10 Finding Shiva

00:32:25 Gang runs errands

00:38:23 Too many cooks in the van

00:43:09 Debating in the desert

00:49:17 Bump in the road

00:57:05 And then there were two

01:08:56 Closing scene

01:14:14 Final thots