It Was Just an Accident (Criterion Collection)

In this Palme d’Or winner from the Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi, a chance encounter sets in motion an urgent moral thriller. When a stranded driver (Ebrahim Azizi) walks into his shop, mechanic Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) believes he has come face-to-face with Eqbal, a notoriously brutal guard who tortured him during his political imprisonment. Gathering a band of fellow former inmates and other allies, Vahid sets out to take justice into his own hands—but does he have the right man? Shot in secret after Panahi’s longtime ban from filmmaking in his home country, It Was Just an Accident is a tour de force of sustained tension and mordant humor, provocatively shifting perspectives to examine vital questions of trauma and revenge.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New digital master, approved by director Jafar Panahi, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• New conversation between Panahi and filmmaker Ramin Bahrani
• Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2025 featuring Panahi and members of the cast and crew
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by poet, scholar, and translator Sheida Dayani

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT CRITERION COLLECTION ~ ULTRA HD