On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new j... Read allOn the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks -- a domestic dispute betw... Read allOn the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks -- a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife.
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The real strength of the director is unpacking information slowly to keep the audience hocked, withholding things to keep us intrigued, every single shot in this film somehow holds your attention, he takes the mundane and packs it full of detail,. The cinematography also gives it a cool, subdued look with a slightly sickly colour, very pasty but perfect for its tone. The score isn't that noticeable which is how I think a drama film like this should be. The acting is so strong you quickly forget it's happening. Another superb strength is how the characters are feel like real fleshed out people struggling with their personal troubles, their actions all feel real and never contrived, nobody is perfect as they say. I could watch this again and again. The Iranian language and culture also give it an exotic foreign touch.
The complication of human behavior and psyche as well as the flow of the events, thoughts, and emotions, remind one of Milan Kundera's novels.
The character development is really flawless, and I have never seen Hedyeh Tehrani in a better and more touching scene than the one where she is in the bathroom with her sister in Fireworks Wednesday.
Great job and congratulations to Asghar Farhadi and Mani Haghighi.
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- TriviaSelected by the Slant Magazine as one of the best movies screened in 2006.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Une séparation (2011)
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Written by Mohsen Chavoshi
Performed by Nasrollah Moein Najafabadi
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- Fireworks Wednesday
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- Gross US & Canada
- $90,519
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,132
- Mar 20, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $119,881
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1