Legendary Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese sat down for an hour-long talk with director Jafar Panahi whose newest film It Was Just An Accident begins its theatrical release on October 15. After winning the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the acclaimed film has become an official Oscar entry for the Best International Film category.
Master filmmaker Jafar Panahi creates a deeply felt moral thriller, where high stakes tension combines with unexpected flurries of humor and thoughtful, sometimes devastating questions regarding persecution and revenge.
The story: Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal’s identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor. From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.
Watch the full discussion between iconic directors Martin Scorsese and Jafar Panahi here:
It Was Just An Accident opens in NY/LA theaters starting October 15 with director Q&As at select shows and releases in additional cities soon. Showtimes and tickets at http://bit.ly/justanaccident.
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