
Film
It Was Just an Accident and the Weight of Not Knowing
Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner is a revenge thriller built on a doubt that can never be cleared, and the doubt is the point.
Lena Ashworth·26 Jun·6 min
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Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner is a revenge thriller built on a doubt that can never be cleared, and the doubt is the point.

Sean Baker's Brooklyn fairytale won five Academy Awards on the strength of two minutes of silence in a parked car. The film is more interested in what that silence costs.