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La fête du feu

Original title: Chaharshanbe-soori
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
14K
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Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Hediyeh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Pantea Bahram, and Sahar Dolatshahi in La fête du feu (2006)
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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.

  • Director
    • Asghar Farhadi
  • Writers
    • Asghar Farhadi
    • Mani Haghighi
  • Stars
    • Hediyeh Tehrani
    • Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Hamid Farrokhnezhad
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Asghar Farhadi
    • Writers
      • Asghar Farhadi
      • Mani Haghighi
    • Stars
      • Hediyeh Tehrani
      • Taraneh Alidoosti
      • Hamid Farrokhnezhad
    • 19User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Hediyeh Tehrani
    Hediyeh Tehrani
    • Mozhde Samiei
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    Taraneh Alidoosti
    • Roohi
    Hamid Farrokhnezhad
    Hamid Farrokhnezhad
    • Morteza
    Pantea Bahram
    Pantea Bahram
    • Simin
    Houman Seyyedi
    Houman Seyyedi
    • Abdolreza (Roohi's fiance)
    Sahar Dolatshahi
    Sahar Dolatshahi
    • Mozhde's sister
    Matin Heydarinia
    • Amir Ali
    Sarina Farhadi
    Sarina Farhadi
    Forough Ghajabagli
    Foad Hosseini
    • Ahmad
    Mehran Mahram
    Mohamad Ramezani Pour
    • Pilot
    Lida Ranjbaran
    Lida Ranjbaran
    Behshad Sharifian
    Behshad Sharifian
    • Director
      • Asghar Farhadi
    • Writers
      • Asghar Farhadi
      • Mani Haghighi
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews19

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    8aminifatimaaa

    honest storytelling with intriguing characters

    Another gem of a portrait, Fireworks Wednesday is a effective & impressive domestic drama which remains to be Asghar Farhadi's underrated masterpiece. Featuring a gripping plot that gets better as the story progresses, tightly structured screenplay, captivating performances from its cast & tight editing, Asghar Farhadi creates an amazing picture. Covering themes of lies, deception, marriage & infidelity from the eyes of an engaged young woman, while also keeping its narration perfectly stable by finding a fine balance between its suspense, mystery & drama, Fireworks Wednesday is a faith-shattering cinema that's powerful and thoroughly recommended.
    8LW-08854

    Firework drama

    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 and liberal v modest and conservative. Unlike the Salesman (2016) though and the Past (2013) there is a fair bit of humour here though mainly coming from our sweet natured cheerful protagonist and her unworldly ways. As a young working-class girl with an idealistic view of her coming marriage to her finance she finds herself in for a shock when she meets the highly strung neurotic rich lady she's to clean for. Her dysfunctional marriage becomes the centre of the plot, though we explore this world through our protagonist innocent eyes. Is the lady paranoid in her fears about her husband or is she right to worry? Fireworks and firecrackers are present throughout unnervingly snapping and exploding throughout the long tense day.

    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.
    8Sir_AmirSyarif

    Another testament of Asghar Farhadi as a master of story-telling

    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' is another testament of Asghar Farhadi as a master of story-telling.
    8Xstal

    Persian Pyrotechnics...

    ... on any day of the week and, in fairness, a story of a marriage falling apart that could be played out in just about any setting around the world, as a recently hired apartment cleaner finds herself embroiled between a husband and mistrusting spouse, who may or may not be reading more into her errant partners behaviour, but is determined to find out one way or another regardless. Sparkling performances all round.
    9mavisheh

    Beautiful.....

    Chaharshanbeh Soori is a beautiful movie, directed with so much subtlety and refinement, bringing the best of the actors out of them. The superb narratives and very good filming are topped with great story telling, making it a must-see and a fresh blood in the Iranian cinema.

    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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    • Trivia
      Selected by the Slant Magazine as one of the best movies screened in 2006.
    • Quotes

      Simin: Your wife would've preferred seeing you with a whore than with another woman.

      Morteza: I'll call you when I get there.

      Simin: I won't pick up the phone.

    • Connections
      Followed by Une séparation (2011)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Mohsen Chavoshi

      Performed by Nasrollah Moein Najafabadi

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    • Release date
      • December 26, 2007 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official site
      • sourehcinema
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Fireworks Wednesday
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production company
      • Boshra Film
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $90,519
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,132
      • Mar 20, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $119,881
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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