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All of Tehran is preparing to celebrate the
traditional New Year with the festival of fire (“Fireworks Wednesday),
which falls on the last Tuesday night before the official New Year
begins. On this auspicious evening, a young woman named Rouhi is
employed by a young couple to clean their house. Sweet and naive, Rouhi
is engaged to be married, but her innocence is shattered when she finds
her employers’ household in crisis over accusations of
infidelity.FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY delves into the untidy lives of
contemporary Iranians to reveal the complicated relationships of its
threedimensional characters, beautifully realized by these seasoned
actors. Exploring the social hierarchies of Iranian society, this film
gives us a rare glimpse into the private lives of a people often
misunderstood by the outside world. FIREWORKS WEDNESDSAY reaches beyond
the political rhetoric of today's headlines to show us a society of
people who must contend with problems not unlike our own |
