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It Was Just an Accident (2025): Jafar Panahi’s Divine Comedy of Inner Freedom
After his release from prison, Iranian director Jafar Panahi returned with It Was Just an Accident (2025), abandoning the veiled allegory of his earlier work for a more direct critique of the regime. Yet the film reaches beyond politics, unfolding as a morally charged meditation on revenge and the fragile possibility of inner freedom.
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The Cow (1969) by Dariush Mehrjui: Part 2 — Interpreting the Iranian New Wave Film
The article examines the reception of Dariush Mehrjui’s Iranian New Wave classic The Cow (Gaav, 1969), focusing on censorship, its screening at the Venice International Film Festival, and critical response. It explores the film through three interpretive frameworks: as a political allegory, Michel Foucault’s concepts of discipline and surveillance, and archetypal and Sufi readings.
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