"It Was Just An Accident"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this week's second podcast review, Josh Parham, Megan Lachinski, Dan Bayer, and Giovanni Lago join me to review and discuss the latest film from master Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, "It Was Just An Accident," starring Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, Delnaz Najafi, Afssaneh Najmabadi, and Georges Hashemzadeh. The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the coveted Palme d'Or and received rave reviews for its writing, direction, and performances. It has been selected as the French entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. What did we think of this thrilling drama (with a touch of comedy) from Panahi? Please tune in as we discuss Panahi's screenplay and direction, the performances from the ensemble, the haunting, memorable ending, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Imagine a breakfast wrap.
0:03.1	You know the one, because there really is only one.
0:07.6	Sausage, egg, cheese, bacon, and a potato rusty all wrapped together.
0:13.2	Yep, there it is.
0:15.4	I think my work here is done.
0:18.5	Served until 11 a.m.
0:19.9	You are listening to the next Best Picture podcast,
0:23.8	and this is our review of It Was Just an Accident.
0:33.2	Belahar, I want to show water.
0:36.9	Oh. Yeah. I'm at least, I'm gonna' have been.
0:45.3	Adom of a juror of a crime, this is. He's a manor of Teleti.
0:47.3	Eqbal, Pagashang!
0:49.3	Yadet!
0:50.3	Mareth!
0:51.3	God, God!
0:52.3	Oh, God! You'll be it, I'm not! You'll beawdh! God! God! God!
0:55.0	You'll be able to see or not?
0:57.0	You know,
0:58.0	I don't?
0:59.0	I don't think I'd
1:01.0	you'd like to in a
1:02.0	so you're in aftain.
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