A still from It Was Just an Accident, screening at the Detroit Film Theatre in November 2025.
Detroit Film Theatre

It Was Just an Accident

Directed by Jafar Panahi 101 min. Iran/France/Luxembourg/2025
Friday, November 14
7 PM

Ticket Prices

General Admission $11.50

Seniors, Students, and DIA Members $9.50

Location

Detroit Film Theatre

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Film Details

Directed by Jafar Panahi 101 min. Iran/France/Luxembourg/2025

Description

Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when a random traffic accident leads to a chance encounter with a man he thinks he recognizes—one he suspects was once his sadistic jailhouse captor. 

Panicked and horrified yet not absolutely certain of the man’s identity, Vahid pauses taking revenge long enough to round up some fellow ex-prisoners to try to confirm his suspicions. 

Jafar Panahi has created a masterwork in the form of an honest and deeply felt thriller, where tension combines with humor and raises difficult questions about the morality of revenge.

In Persian with English subtitles.

"Panahi summons all the medium’s expressive powers to deliver a fierce denunciation of authoritarian regimes." – Justin Chang, The New Yorker

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Ticket Details

Detroit Film Theatre

It Was Just an Accident

Friday, November 14
7 PM

Ticket Details

Ticket Prices

General Admission $11.50

Seniors, Students, and DIA Members $9.50

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