A young bride-to-be hired as a housecleaner becomes caught in a tense marital conflict when a wife suspects her husband of infidelity on the eve of a festive night in Tehran.
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★★★★★
With gripping, tightly structured screenplay covering themes of marriage, lies, deception, and infidelity, superbly shot and brilliantly directed with so much depth and nuances to bring out the most impressive performances out of its cast, 'Fireworks Wednesday...
★★★★★
This film by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, About Elly) is well made, though in my opinion he has done better. There are elements in this movie you see in other films of the director: heated marital discussions, secrets and lies coming to the l...
★★★★★
It's the last Wednesday of the Iranian new year and in the old Persian tradition kids and adults alike take to fireworks in the streets. Meanwhile in a block of apartments all forms of human emotions are on display. Mojdeh suspects that her husband is having a...
★★★★★
A really engaging early film from Farhadi. Many of the themes he's become known for of course make an appearance here, namely those of family, mistrust, home, neighbours, honour, divorce, children trapped between fighting parents, modernity v tradition, rich a...
★★★★★
Chaharshanbe-soori (2006) was shown in the U.S. with the title "Fireworks Wednesday. It was written and directed by Asghar Farhadi.
This movie really has two plots. One plot line involves a young working class woman who who will be married in a week. She star...
