The film portrays three couples on the eve of Nouruz, the Iranian New Year. Rouhi, a young woman who is about to get married, takes a small job as a cleaner in an apartment in northern Tehran to finance her marriage. When she arrives in that apartment, she finds herself in a heated dispute between Mojdeh and Morteza. Mojdeh suspects her husband Morteza of cheating on her and her neighbour Simin, and obliges Rouhi to shadow them. Rouhi gets more and more between the fronts of the fighting couple.
| Original Title | Fireworks Wednesday | ||||||||||
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| German Title | Feuerzauber | ||||||||||
| French Title | Fireworks Wednesday | ||||||||||
| Other Titles | Fireworks Wednesday | ||||||||||
| Directed by | Asghar Farhadi | ||||||||||
| Country | Iran | ||||||||||
| Available Formats | DVD | ||||||||||
| Screenplay | Asghar Farhadi, Mani Haghighi | ||||||||||
| Film Editing | Hayedeh Safiyari | ||||||||||
| Soundtrack | Peyman Yazdanian | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Hossein Jafarian | ||||||||||
| Sound | Ramin Abousedgh | ||||||||||
| Décors | Hossein Majd | ||||||||||
| Production | Jamal Sadatian | ||||||||||
| Runtime | 104 Min. | ||||||||||
| Language | Farsi/d und f | ||||||||||
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«Das permanente Geknalle (Neujahrsfest!) passt gut zum ehelichen Kriegsschauplatz, den Asghar Farhadi differenziert und ohne simple Schuldzuweisungen inszeniert. Famoses Alltagsdrama, turbulent und ergreifend.» Cinema
«Wenige iranische Filme haben versucht, die städtische Mittel- sowie Unterschicht darzustellen, noch wenigere mit der Komplexität des Erzählens und der Tiefe der Charakterzeichnung wie in Ashgar Farhadis ‚Fireworks Wednesday‘. [...] dieses schön voranschreitende Drama über Untreue in der Ehe, durch die Augen eines jungen Hausmädchens kurz vor der Heirat betrachtet, ist psychologisch verzwickt und dramatisch fesselnd.» Deborah Young, Variety
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