A simple accident: What does the end of the movie mean? Explain

In a simple accident, the eleventh feature film of Iran Jaffar Panah, a handful of former prisoners, thinks that they acknowledge their former torture and, despite his suspicion, are kidnapped. The drama and the absurd, this story was inspired by the detention of the director – the seven -month custody “for propaganda” and the liberation after hunger.

At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2025, the film received Palme d’Or and represents France for the next Oscar ceremony. Here, Jafar Panahi is interested in the trauma of opponents of the regime and questioned the border between the status of the victim and the status of the performer.

The last second seconds of the film will open two opportunities. For separation, the director explains how it was completed.

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In the last actionA simple accidentWahid (Wahid Movaser), a mechanic, leaves his torture that lives near a tree after he was confronted with another former detainee, Shiva (City Hall Apshar). The last scene finds Wahid at home. Surrounded by several members of the family, he puts the business in the car. Only the sound stops him in the impulse.

He acknowledges the crime of his former torture (Hebrew Aziz) leg prosthesis, the synonym of noise being injured. Wahid remains behind, motionless. The noise is close to him and then moves, indicating the departure of his old executor. No word is exchanged.

Hallucination or Reality?

Due to the separation of this key stage, Jafar Panahi explains: “I had a long time to add dialogue during this scene, then finally prefer it to remain completely silent. It is possible to imagine that this sound is Ahid’s mind that it is not real. Viewers have to decide.“

As for the idea of ​​this sequence, the filmmaker shows that he has come from the beginning of the film’s production: “When I write a movie, I always work in the same way: I write the beginning and the end. It was one of the first ideas of a simple accident. Only in the next step I filled the world of the movie. “

Interview of Thomas Desroches in Paris on September 23, 2025

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