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Jafar Panahi Speaks Out for First Time in 14 Years as New Film ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Premieres at Cannes: I Spent ‘Eight Hours a Day Blindfolded’ and ‘Being Interrogated’ in Iran Prison
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi in first post-ban interview talks new film at Cannes 'It Was Just an Accident,' his incarceration, and artistic freedom.
In one of his first interviews since the 14-year ban was lifted, Panahi spoke to Variety through an interpreter about “It Was Just an Accident,” revealing how the drama — which centers around an outpouring of strong feelings by a group of former prisoners toward a torturous guard — stems from his incarceration. Pahani also expressed his desire for Iranians to see “It Was Just an Accident,” his first feature in which women do not wear the mandatory hijab, which he said reflects “the new reality of our society.” It is a question of understanding how, when this system collapses, people who have been bombarded with medieval propaganda for nearly half a century can live together peacefully and express their needs and desires in an authentic way.
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