Jafar Panahi Makes Triumphant Cannes Return After Prison Release With ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ Earning Near 8-Minute Ovation

Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi struck a chord with “It Was Just an Accident,” one of his most political movies, and his first film since being released from jail in Iran. The movie, which marks his comeback in competition at Cannes seven years after “Three Faces,” was greeted with a nearly eight-minute standing ovation at […]