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Fireworks Wednesday

2006 · Movie · 102 min · ★ 7.4 · 92% critics

Drama

A young woman about to be married takes a temporary cleaning job with a well-off family in Tehran on the eve of New Year fireworks. She’s quickly pulled into a tense marital dispute and asked to help uncover the truth, forcing her to question what she’s seeing—and what it could mean for her own future.

Also known as Chaharshanbe Soori

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Details
Original title
چهارشنبه سوری
Years
2006
Release date
2006-02-08
Language
FA
Runtime
102 min
Max quality
HD
Critic score
92/100
TMDB rating
7.4/10 (149 votes)
About

If you enjoy intimate, realistic relationship dramas where secrets and suspicion escalate over a single day, this should land well; Not for you if you need fast pacing or tidy closure like in A Separation.

Pros: gripping domestic tension; strong performances; suspenseful mystery-drama | Cons: slow build for some; unresolved feeling ending; repetitive themes to critics

Themes

  • infidelity
  • iran

Cast & crew

Directed by Asghar Farhadi