Cannes awards its Palme d'Or trophy to Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident'
Cannes awards its Palme d'Or trophy to Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident'
Cannes awards its Palme d'Or trophy to Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident' Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing the festival's top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
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