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Before Directing ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ Its Director Drove a Cab To Tell Stories in This Great Drama

The recent track record of the Palme d'Or, the highest honor given at the Cannes Film Festival, has proven to elevate arthouse darlings into the mainstream, from Bong Joon-ho with Parasite and Sean Baker with Anora, both of which would go on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

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Before Directing ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ Its Director Drove a Cab To Tell Stories in This Great Drama
The recent track record of the Palme d'Or, the highest honor given at the Cannes Film Festival, has proven to elevate arthouse darlings into the mainstream, from Bong Joon-ho with Parasite and Sean Baker with Anora, both of which would go on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. 2025 marks Jafar Panahi's time to shine as one of the most gifted and iconoclastic cinematic visionaries of his era, whose Palme d'Or-winning film, It Was Just an Accident, will begin its slow rollout in theaters. The Iranian director became a crossover figure in current events after his ban from filmmaking by his nation's government due to his polemic and anti-nationalist storytelling. Still, government oppression has not prevented him from surreptitiously making movies and smuggling them out of the country for distribution.

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