Not all Palme d’Or winners at Cannes are created equal. Anora last year? Yes indeed, a gift from some kind of god. But Triangle of Sadness or The Eel (remember that?!), really?
Well, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, which scooped the prize this year, is a creation high above those films and many other previous winners. It is just so intelligent; so blisteringly powerful; so light of touch.
