Fireworks Wednesday
Drama | Persian with English subtitles | 102 minutes
Info
Mozhdeh and Morteza are a troubled couple as they attempt to salvage their marriage with a vacation to Dubai. They hire a maid, Roohi, to clean the apartment. Roohi becomes aware the friction between the couple is Mozhdeh’s suspicion that her husband is having an affair with Simin, a divorced neighbor. Mozhdeh forces the reluctant Roohi to serve as a spy and pick up any dirt about her husband. The truth emerges when Morteza meets Simin during a fireworks display professing his love. Surprisingly, Simin rejects Morteza telling him their relationship is over; it will only mean trouble. A troubled Roohi discovers the truth. After some painful soul-searching, Roohi must decide whether to inform Mozhdeh.
Cast
Hedye Tehrani (Mozhdeh Samiei) / Hamid Farokhnezhad (Morteza Samiei) / Taraneh Alidoosti (Roohi) / Pantea Bahram (Simin)
Why Stream This Film?
Geoff Andrew of Time Out wrote: “This compelling, corrosive account of male-female relationships in today’s Tehran is tempered by genuine compassion of the individuals concerned; wisely, Farhadi never serves judgement on them in their troubled pursuit of truth, love and happiness.”
- Rotten Tomatoes Score (Critics Consensus): 100%
- Metacritic Score: 84
Accolades
- Chicago International Film Festival: Winner, Gold Hugo (Best Foreign Language Film)
The film received a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
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Mournful, enigmatic, and compulsively engrossing, FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY gives viewers a chance to watch a master at work.
Few Iranian films have tried to realistically depict both the urban middle and lower classes, and fewer still with the complexity of story telling and depth of characterization as in Asghar Farhadi’s impressive feature, FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY.
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