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3	A 2006 Iranian film directed by Creator/AsgharFarhadi.
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5	A young bride-to-be, Rouhi, takes a temporary job as a maid on Fireworks Wednesday, a Persian festival celebrating the New Year. The couple she is working for, Morteza and Mojdeh, are having serious trouble with their marriage as Mojdeh accuses Morteza of cheating on her with their neighbour, Simin, who has opened a beauty parlour nearby.
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7	Beware of spoilers, as the film has a TwistEnding.
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10	!!Fireworks Tropesday:
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12	%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: Simin.
13	* BittersweetEnding: Rouhi and her fiance are happy, but Mojdeh and Morteza seem to have a DownerEnding (although it really isn't clear where they will go from there).
14	* ChekhovsGun: Simin's perfume. [[spoiler: Rouhi learns the truth about the secret relationship when she smells it inside Morteza's car.]]
15	* ClingyJealousGirl: Mojdeh listens at walls and spies on her husband at work, hoping to catch him in flagrante delicto. [[spoiler: She never catches him, but she is ProperlyParanoid.]]
16	* DomesticAbuse: Morteza hits Mojdeh publicly when she spies on him at work. He gets called out on this repeatedly.
17	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The film takes place within a day, during the titular Fireworks Wednesday in fact (well, it's actually Tuesday; the celebration itself occurs on the eve of Wednesday).
18	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Simin decides at the end that she and Morteza should end their affair there and now, because, as a divorcee with a child, she doesn't want to see the Samii's family, which includes a young child, to break apart as well. The Samii may ultimately break up due to irreconcilable differences nevertheless, but Simin's action is still commendable.]]
19	%%* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: Mojdeh.]]
20	* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler: Although most of the things that make Mojdeh suspicious have an innocent explanation (the buzzer actually is broken, Morteza really is going to work), she is still correct.]]
21	* SickeninglySweethearts: Rouhi and Abdolreza, the young newlyweds. Obviously made to contrast with the Samii's dysfunctional marriage life.
22	* SupportingProtagonist: Rouhi, while framed as the protagonist, only serves as the POV through which the audience sees the conflict between Mojdeh and Morteza.
23	* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: Despite the fact that the film goes out of its way to make it seem that Mojdeh is crazy (and she arguably is), [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight she turns out to be right.]]]]
24	* WhatTheHellHero: Morteza's boss gives him a serious talking-to after he hits his wife.
25	* WouldHurtAChild: Mojdeh outright slaps Amirali when he continues to hide away and refuses to leave with her.

Context Film / FireworksWednesday