It Was Just An Accident

Showings

O Cinema South Beach Fri, Nov 7, 2025 7:00 PM
O Cinema South Beach Fri, Nov 7, 2025 9:00 PM
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O Cinema South Beach Tue, Nov 11, 2025 9:00 PM
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O Cinema South Beach Wed, Nov 12, 2025 9:00 PM
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O Cinema South Beach Thu, Nov 13, 2025 9:00 PM
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O Cinema South Beach Sun, Nov 16, 2025 8:00 PM
O Cinema South Beach Mon, Nov 17, 2025 7:00 PM
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O Cinema South Beach Tue, Nov 18, 2025 7:00 PM
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Description

Director Jafar Panahi reaffirms his status as one of this century’s great cinematic heroes with perhaps his bravest film yet, which won him the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year. Ever since he was arrested, imprisoned, and banned from making movies by the Iranian government 15 years ago, Panahi has found ways of producing films in secret and without official permission. Showing his political risk-taking as well as his confident command of craft, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is his most explicit attack on his country’s repressive regime, a cutting and darkly humorous thriller that concerns a mechanic, Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri), who believes he has reencountered by chance the government intelligence officer, Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi), who had tortured him while under detainment. As Vahid enlists the services of acquaintances whose lives were also forever altered by Eghbal’s cruelties, the thirst for revenge and the sense of danger escalate, as do questions of moral choice and culpability.