Fireworks Wednesday

(2006)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 153 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2006

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: Iran

Director: اصغر فرهادی

Cast: Hedie Tehrani, ترانه علیدوستی, حمید فرخ‌نژاد, Pantea Bahram, Sahar Dolatshahi, Houman Seyyedi, Matin Heydarnia, Mehran Mahram, Behshad Sharifian

Plot

Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and enlists Rouhi as a spy, to follow her husband, and confirm her suspicions. What Rouhi discovers, however, threatens not only their marriage but her own future.

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?