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It Was Just an Accident

2025 · 103 min · Director: Jafar Panahi ★ IMDb 7.4 · 40,267 ratings

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Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers.

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Emotional fingerprint

It Was Just an Accident (2025) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anxiety 25%, Anger 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anxiety, Anger. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Anxiety and Anger. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Disturbing

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Empathy
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 23 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy29 %19 %20 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness31 %22 %21 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Not enough subtitle evidence25 %19 %17 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension82 %79 %62 %74 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension68 %64 %55 %52 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Empathy59 %54 %49 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension57 %54 %45 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Tension60 %56 %47 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Tension68 %65 %52 %49 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Tension69 %66 %46 %50 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Tension73 %66 %48 %57 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing83 %73 %64 %71 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension84 %75 %72 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Relief75 %62 %68 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Empathy69 %54 %66 %35 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Empathy81 %71 %73 %65 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Tension93 %87 %76 %84 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Disturbing84 %74 %64 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Relief66 %48 %49 %37 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

VM
Vahid Mobasseri

MA
Mariam Afshari

EA
Ebrahim Azizi

HP
Hadis Pakbaten

MP
Majid Panahi

MA
Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr

GH
George Hashem Zadeh

GH
George Hashemzadeh

Salar

DN
Delmaz Najafi

AN
Afsaneh Najm Abadi

OR
Omid Reza

AR
Ali Rastegari

The Doctor

MM
Mohsen Maleki

Security Guard

AY
Amir Youssefi

Gas Station Attendant

NA
Negin Arbabi

Nurse

EZ
Elmira Ziaï Sigaroudi

Maternity Ward Nurse

YA
Youssef Anvari Varjavi

Pharmacist

SS
Sedigheh Saïdi

Vahid's Mother

MP
Malineh Panahi

Vahid's Aunt

RH
Reza Hakimi

Bookseller

AM
Ali Mirshekari

Accordeonist

Details

Directed by
Jafar Panahi
Written by
Jafar Panahi
Type
Movies
Released
2025
Runtime
103 min
Country
Iran, France, Luxembourg
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 40,267 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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