"I'm not the only one risking everything": Iranian director Jafar Panahi reacts to his Palme d'Or win for "A Simple Accident"

Jafar Panahi's "A Simple Accident" won the Palme d'Or. By examining the temptation of ex-prisoners to seek revenge on their torturers, the director delivers a morality tale and a frontal attack on the Islamic Republic. Scheduled for release on September 10th, this dissident filmmaker spent fifteen years in Iran, where he was imprisoned twice and banned from filming.

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"I'm not the only one risking everything": Iranian director Jafar Panahi reacts to his Palme d'Or win for "A Simple Accident"

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