The jury announced that. The film prevailed against 21 other competition films. A jury, chaired by actress Juliette Binoche.
That’s what Panahi’s film is about
The Iranian deals with experiences in prison and the violence of the Iranian regime in “Un Simple Accident”. Panahi has already won the main prices of the Venice Film Festival and the Berlinale with previous films.
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His new work is about a group of former prisoners who unplanned the agent who presumably tortured them in an Iranian prison. One of the torture victims randomly sees the secret agent and kidnapped him on his bus with the aim of avenging and killing him.
Then the man get doubts. He visits a number of other victims of torture. Together they try to verify that it is definitely the man whose victim they were.
Road trip with a serious topic and humorous moments
This develops a kind of chaotic road trip on which the group gets into heated discussions about what is an appropriate form of revenge. It is more often about the deeply violent experiences that the parties involved in captivity. Despite the difficult topic, there are also humorous moments in the film.
The award ceremony of the 78th Film Festival took place as planned after there was a larger power failure in Cannes on Saturday.
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