It Was Just an Accident(2025)

Name: It Was Just an Accident
Director: Jafar Panahi
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: Oct 15, 2025
Cast: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten

NEON

PG-13
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, violence, strong language, and smoking.
1h 43m

Release Date: Oct 15, 2025

An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, he rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to confirm the man's identity.

Release Details

Original Release | Oct 15, 2025 | Limited

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Box Office Results

2026-03-15T11:13:21.122Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$68,294
Total US & Canada:
$1,773,664
Total International
$8,678,948
Total Worldwide:
$10,452,612

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Jafar Panahi
Director

Vahid Mobasseri
Vahid

Mariam Afshari
Shiva

Ebrahim Azizi
Eghbal

Hadis Pakbaten
Golrokh

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Iran, France, Luxembourg, United States

Language: Persian,Azerbaijani

Summaries

Storyline

SPOILER: While driving home to the countryside at night with his pregnant wife and young daughter, Eghbal runs over a dog. The car breaks down, and Eghbal stops in front of a garage. There, Vahid, a car mechanic, thinks he recognizes, from the sound of his prosthetic leg creaking, one of his former torturers from when he was detained by the Iranian authorities. After following him to find out where he lived, the next day Vahid knocks the man he suspects unconscious, kidnaps him, and takes him to the desert with the intention of burying him alive. While carrying out his plan, he begins to doubt Eghbal's guilt, who cries out that he has never worked in a prison and only lost his leg the previous year. However, during his detention, Vahid was always interrogated blindfolded. He pulls Eghbal from the hole, loads him into his van, and returns to Tehran to seek the advice of Salar, a bookseller. Salar directs Vahid to Shiva, whom he finds taking wedding photographs for his friend Golrokh and her fiancé Ali. Shiva and Golrokh were also imprisoned and tortured at the same time as Vahid. The young couple and the photographer get into the van and go to find Hamid, Shiva's ex-partner, also a former victim of Eghbal who has retained a very violent streak. They return to the desert. But the four former prisoners of the torturer are divided on what should happen to him, especially since Eghdal continues to vehemently deny everything. — @Filmnegah