The 麻豆传媒 Film Institute's 35th Annual Film 麻豆传媒 will continue with a screening of Asghar 贵补谤丑补诲颈鈥檚 Fireworks Wednesday on February 19th.
From the Academy Award winning director of A Separation as well as The Past and About Elly, 贵补谤丑补诲颈鈥檚 Fireworks Wednesday is a gripping, suspenseful drama鈥攁 story of marital intrigue and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Persian New Year. 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. What Rouhi discovers, however, threatens not only the family鈥檚 marriage but her own future.
The screening will begin at 2:00PM at the Kerr McGee Auditorium in the Meinders School of Business at NW 27th Street and McKinley Ave. A discussion will follow the presentation for those who wish to stay. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
ACCOLADES FOR FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY
-鈥淢ournful, enigmatic and compulsively engrossing, Fireworks Wednesday gives viewers a chance to watch a master at work鈥攂efore he was acknowledged as a master.鈥� Wash. Post
-鈥淭ehran on the eve of the Muslim New Year provides the backdrop for this engrossing Iranian drama about a marriage in crisis.鈥� Chicago Reader
-鈥淚t is becoming increasingly apparent that Farhadi is one of the world's top filmmakers, and there's an appetite for his work.鈥� San Francisco Chronicle
-鈥淲hat pulls us into Fireworks Wednesday is the universality of the emotions its characters display and the familiarity of the situations they find themselves in.鈥� LA Times
-鈥淎s with Farhadi's other films, every detail of speech and body language resonates.鈥� NY Times
-鈥淭his is clearly the work of a master in the making, an artist on the cusp of greatness. The dense interweave of relationships, a Farhadi specialty, is continually compelling.鈥� Christian Science Monitor
UPCOMING FILMS
* March 5, Ciro Guerra鈥檚 Embrace of the Serpent
