Cannes Grants Palme d’Or to Iranian Revenge Thriller ‘Just a Mishap’
Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi received the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his film in the revenge thriller genre It Was Simply an Mishap, presenting the festival’s highest honor to a director who had faced restrictions preventing them from exiting Iran for over 15 years. Cate Blanchett…