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Fireworks Wednesday ()

Chaharshanbe-soori (original title)
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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 job, finds herself in the midst of a different... See more »
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Mozhde Samiei
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Roohi
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Morteza
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Simin
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Abdolreza (Roohi's fiance)
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Mozhde's sister
Matin Heydarinia ...
Amir Ali
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Forough Ghajabagli
Foad Hosseini ...
Ahmad
Mehran Mahram
Mohamad Ramezani Pour ...
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Asghar Farhadi

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Asghar Farhadi ... ()
 
Mani Haghighi ... ()

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Jamal Sadatian ... producer

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Peyman Yazdanian

Cinematography by

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Hossein Jafarian

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Hayedeh Safiyari

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Hossein Majd

Costume Design by

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Hossein Majd

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Mehrdad Mirkiani ... makeup designer
Milad Ramezani ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Manouchehr Hadi ... programme manager
Peyman Jafari ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ehsan Biglari ... assistant director
Manouchehr Hadi ... assistant director

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Faraz Mesgari Abbasi ... dialogue editor
Hosein Abolsedgh ... sound mixer
Ramin Abousedgh ... sound editor
Massoud Behnam ... sound mixer
Amin Tahmasebi ... sound designer
Hasan Zahedi ... sound recordist
Hassan Zahedi ... sound recordist

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Amir Abedi ... still photographer

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Keyvan Kiaras ... violin soloist (as Bardia Kiaras)
Yasaman Kimiavi ... oboe soloist

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Claire Viroulaud ... press attache france

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Azad Jafarian ... thanks to

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Plot Summary

On the day before their holiday trip to Dubai, a wife who believes her husband is unfaithful enlists the help of Roohi, a young women sent by an agency to clean the house. She asks Roohi to make an appointment and gather information at the salon of the woman she suspects. Roohi is betrothed, innocent of marital discord. Over the course of the day, she, the couple, their small son, the wife's sister and husband, and the beautician engage in a series of exchanges, confrontations, and prevarications. Are the wife's suspicions unwarranted; is her behavior imperiling her marriage? Acts of kindness may go awry. And the trip to Dubai? Written by

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Also Known As
  • Chaharshanbeh soori (Iran, Persian title)
  • Fireworks Wednesday (United States)
  • Fireworks Wednesday (Canada, English title)
  • Fireworks Wednesday (World-wide, English title)
  • Fireworks Wednesday (United Kingdom)
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  • 102 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Selected by the Slant Magazine as one of the best movies screened in 2006. See more »
Movie Connections Followed by A Separation (2011). See more »
Soundtracks Bigharar See more »
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.
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