Fireworks Wednesday Chaharshanbe-soori

From the Academy Award winning director of A Separation and About Elly, Asghar Farhadi's FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY is a dramatic story of marital intrigue and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Persian New Year.
Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a housemaid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving she is immediately thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife, Mojdeh, is convinced her husband is having an affair with a recently divorced woman living next door and enlists Rouhi as a spy, to follow her husband, and confirm her suspicions. What Rouhi discovers threatens not only the couple's marriage but her own hopes for a happy future.
Nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival.
"Mournful, enigmatic and compulsively engrossing, FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY gives viewers a chance to watch a master at work - before he was acknowledged as a master." - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
Comments (4)
Touching and informative Iranian film about domestic strife. It is not lkie ours in the US where strife is frequently violent physically and verbally. I have had enough of that. This story line tells us the pain of a wife and mother Mojdeh as well as her not so happy husband, Samii brought on ...Read more
Touching and informative Iranian film about domestic strife. It is not lkie ours in the US where strife is frequently violent physically and verbally. I have had enough of that. This story line tells us the pain of a wife and mother Mojdeh as well as her not so happy husband, Samii brought on by circumstances. The maid is so beautiful and lovable as young as she is and projects her loving anticipation of a coming wedding. We learn about the subdued romance of the middle east so different from the boisterous ones of the west. Great movie.
Read lessYes! I had seen A Separation so when i came across a film by same director it was instantly my choice. Also excellent and subtle. Will take Yael's suggestion to research background events.
Excellent film! Helpful to obtain a little information on Nowruz (Iranian New Year) and Chaharshanbe Suri prior to viewing so that you can better understand how the setting serves the film's themes. Farhadi excels at depicting complicated family relationships. Well worth your time!
fantastic! Farhadi at his best