Shayda( 2023)

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A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere

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.

Top Billed Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Shayda
Selina Zahednia
Mona
Leah Purcell
Joyce
Jillian Nguyen
Vi
Osamah Sami
Hossein
Mojean Aria
Farhad
Rina Mousavi
Elly
Lucinda Armstrong Hall
Renee
Bev Killick
Cathy
Jack Bonser
Night Club Member (uncredited)
Eve Morey
Lara
Alanna Ha Quach
Jill
Avina Ha Quach
Jenny
Luka Sero
Tobias
Shayan Askari
Parviz
Zohreh Farid
Maryam
Tina Khabazian
Mrs Bagheri
Asal Daram
Roya
Catherine Glavicic
Miranda
Nicole Gulasekharam
Deb
Jerome Meyer
Pierre
Sepideh Fallah
Ghazal Ghazanfari
Oona lux Nelson-Moore
Baby Dylan
Hannah Moore
Annabelle
Christopher Dimattina
Liam McCarthy
Tiana Hogben
Female Waiter
Fariborz Pakzamir
Stall Owner
Marjan Mesbahi
Shopkeeper
Kamran Motamedi
Iranian Husband
Nasibeh Irani
Iranian Mother
Shaliz Hosseini
Iranian Wife
Aban Qajarnia
Iranian Son
Rayan Aridi
Drummer
Behrouz Harvasi
Fire Jumper
Sarah Harvasi
Fire Jumper
Mustafa Amiri
Aurnab As-Saber
Faouzi Daghistani
Yazdaneh Galt
Elham Baghbani
Negin Emamgholi
Mohsen Panahi Erdi
Mr. Bagheri
Sabrina Sanavandi
Bahar
Ehsan Bayatfar
Reza
Zac Garmsiri
Nafiseh Hamidi
Mohsen Hashemnejad
Porsha Ghorbanpour
Forouzan Ghorbanpour
Phillip McInnes
Police Officer
Iopu Auva'a
Meleah Smedley
Michael Robins
Michael Robins
Silas James

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A review by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

Written by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots on Sun Apr 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 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 ...