Whanganui Film Society's Monday night screening is Iranian film Fireworks Wednesday (Chaharshanbe-soori) by director Asghar Farhadi.
Two time Oscar winner Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) explores modern day relationships between men and women in Tehran.
Reviewer Geoff Andrew describes it as a film that keeps an audience guessing.
"The titular fireworks are literal – the story takes place as Iranians celebrate New Year by spring-cleaning and lighting firecrackers – and metaphorical: when Rouhi (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young bride-to-be working for a cleaning agency, turns up at the apartment of a couple about to go on holiday, she's drawn into an explosive domestic conflict.
"What distinguishes the film is the way Farhadi keeps us guessing as to what exactly is happening and why; repeatedly shifting our point of view, he forces us to question our assumptions about characters and their reliability.