It Was Just an Accident
An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Studio
Jafar Panahi Productions
Language
fr
Status
Released
How It Was Just an Accident performed
Budget
$6.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.6M
Gross Profit
$3.6M
Return
1.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Vahid
Vahid Mobasseri
Vahid
Shiva
Mariam Afshari
Shiva
Eghbal
Ebrahim Azizi
Eghbal
Golrokh
Hadis Pakbaten
Golrokh
Ali
Majid Panahi
Ali
Hamid
Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr
Hamid
Salar
George Hashemzadeh
Salar
Eghbal's Daughter
Delmaz Najafi
Eghbal's Daughter
Eghbal's Wife
Afsaneh Najm Abadi
Eghbal's Wife
Vahid's Colleague
Omid Reza
Vahid's Colleague
The Doctor
Ali Rastegari
The Doctor
Security Guard
Mohsen Maleki
Security Guard
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