Story Line
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
“A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere”
Top Cast
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Shayda
Selina Zahednia
Mona
Leah Purcell
Joyce
Jillian Nguyen
Vi
Osamah Sami
Hossein
Mojean Aria
Farhad
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
2023-09-28
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama
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•4/23/2023**By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com**
The tenacity of a mother’s love provides the strong foundation for writer / director Noora Niasari‘s “Shayda,” a harrowing portrait of an Iranian woman who is doing her best to make the most of a terrib...