Jafar Panahi (Miyaneh, 1960), the greatest Iranian director of his generation and heir to his mentor Abbas Kiarostami, has also become a symbol of resistance against the Islamic regime of Iran, which long ago banned him from making any films. Indomitable, he continued to practice his craft thanks to the loopholes he found. After his latest imprisonment – seven months for criticizing the arrests of filmmakers Mohamed Rasoulof and Mustafa al-Ahmad – which He was released the day after he went on a hunger strike., Panahi has directed (from hiding) his most accessible and direct film: A simple accident, which opens in theaters this Friday. The film won the Palme d'Or at the last Cannes Film Festival. It's a thriller moral about the revenge of former prisoners of the regime against their torturer. He spoke with ARA a few weeks ago at the San Sebastián Film Festival.