Adam Graham, The Detroit News (TNS)

A man is driving his car at night when he accidentally hits a dog in the road.

That kicks off a chain of events that causes several people to confront the nightmare they thought they’d put behind them in “It Was Just an Accident,” the latest incendiary work from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who has spent his career challenging and rebelling against the government of his home country.

“It Was Just an Accident” is no different. This year’s Palme d’Or winner sometimes plays like a screwball comedy, but it is laced with dark secrets that rise to the surface in a harrowing finale that is not easy to shake.

Panahi expertly plays with perspective early on, throwing viewers for a loop as he lays out his characters. The man (Ebrahim Azizi) is driving with

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