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2018
“A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere”
Shayda (2023)
September 28, 20231h 58mFA
6.7
19 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Noora NiasariWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
Persian
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$234K
Production Companies
Dirty FilmsScreen AustraliaOrigma 45VicScreenMIFF Premiere FundHanWay Films
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User Reviews
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
7.0**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 terrible situation. This intimate story is one of female empowerment and endurance in a cultural system that often treats females as second class citizens. Shayda (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) is a young mother who, with her 6-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) has fled her horribly abusive husband Hossein (Osamah Sami) and moved into a women’s shelter in…
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