It is the time of Red Wednesday, the Festival of Fire, or Chaharshanbe Suri. Throughout Iran and the Persian diaspora, the Wednesday before Nowruz is a time for families to come together, but that will not be happening in an Asghar Farhadi film.
The Oscar-winning director of ”A Separation“ and ”About Elly“ was never a stranger to family dysfunction. He had already explored some of its extreme manifestations in 2006’s ”Fireworks Wednesday," which re-released March 16, in New York at Film Forum.
'Fireworks' is an exhausting film that might telegraph some of its twists, but Farhadi still manages to make them feel devastating in the moment.
