Chaharshanbe-soori (2006)

Director:

Asghar Farhadi

Writers:

Asghar Farhadi (writer)
Mani Haghighi (writer)

Release Date:

26 December 2007 (France)

Plot:

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 job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks -- a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife. |

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Hedye Tehrani	...	Mozhde
Taraneh Alidoosti	...	Roohi
Hamid Farokhnezhad	...	Morteza
Pantea Bahram
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sahar Dolatshahi
Mehran Mahram
Hooman Seyadi
Behshad Sharifian

Also Known As:

Fireworks Wednesday (International: English title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Iran

Language:

Persian

Color:

Color

Company:

Boshra Film

Truth, Love, Deception examined in this fireworks of a movie

It's the last Wednesday of the Iranian new year and in the old Persian tradition kids and adults alike take to fireworks in the streets. Meanwhile in a block of apartments all forms of human emotions are on display. Mojdeh suspects that her husband is having an affair with the hairdresser in the flat next door. She feels cheated and isolated and on the eve of their departure to another country, she is having a total breakdown. A young girl who, on the eve of her marriage, has come to earn some money by house cleaning in Mojde's flat, becomes a pawn in a game of love and hate, truth and deception between all the involved parties.

Chaharshanbe-soori is destined to be known as another turning point in the history of Iranian cinema. Seldom have such adult themes been treated with such depth and by acting of a quality rarely seen in Iranian movies. All the main actors here are simply magnificent. Hedyeh Tehrani has never been better. Direction, script, camera work and editing are all world class. Chaharshanbe-soori nabbed four "Iranian Oscar" awards for best director, actress, editing and audience award; as well winning the best film prize at Chicago International Film festival. It's one of those movies that crawls under your skin and stays in the memory long after the movie is over.