Fireworks Wednesday
by Asghar Farhadi
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Actor: Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Hedye Tehrani, Matin Heydar-nia, Sahar Dolatshahi, Taraneh AlidoostiDirector: Asghar Farhadi
Brand: Facets Multimedia
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Farsi (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-22
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: FACETS
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Movie Review: A young Iranian woman is about to be married ... an incendiary marriage is about to explode
Summary: 5 Stars
Rouhi is engaged and very much in love, and goes to work as a maid in the house of a couple on the verge of a meltdown. The wife is a nervous and suspicious wreck, and the messy house and broken window confirm that this is not a scene of domestic tranquility. Throughout the day, Rouhi becomes increasingly involved in the lives of the wife, her husband and their child, and the woman who the wife suspects of being her husband's mistress. She takes sides and later regrets it; she is used as a pawn in an elaborate contest between the husband and wife. Along the way she must begin to wonder about her own dreams of a happy ever after.
The film takes place on the Wednesday prior to the Iranian New Year, when according to tradition there is a fireworks celebration in the streets. One of the most engaging and frightening scenes occurs as the husband drives Rouhi home through streets ablaze and abuzz with explosions, rockets, bonfires. The sounds, lights and explosions that surround them as they speed through the streets, avoiding flames, mirrors the volatility of the marriage -- and accelerates the tension within the car, given the husband's suspicion that Rouhi may have betrayed him to his wife.
Fireworks Wednesday is an honest and subtle and provocative film that takes a very simple and utterly believable story and lets a set of complicated issues weave in and through it effortlessly. A very intriguing portrait of life in Tehran, with exceptionally delicate and convincing performances, and masterful direction that is able to take a scene from everyday life and render it extremely interesting and unsettling and suspenseful.
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