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Shayda

Shayda

6,8 /10 (24 Votes)
2023 FA 118 min

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.

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Release date

28/09/2023

Votes

24

Popularity

0.9

A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere

Genres

Status

Released

Language

FA

Runtime

118 min

Revenue

$233,971

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Shayda

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Selina Zahednia

Mona

Leah Purcell

Leah Purcell

Joyce

Jillian Nguyen

Jillian Nguyen

Vi

Osamah Sami

Osamah Sami

Hossein

Mojean Aria

Mojean Aria

Farhad

Rina Mousavi

Rina Mousavi

Elly

Lucinda Armstrong Hall

Lucinda Armstrong Hall

Renee

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Bev Killick

Cathy

Jack Bonser

Jack Bonser

Night Club Member (uncredited)

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Eve Morey

Lara

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Alanna Ha Quach

Jill

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Avina Ha Quach

Jenny

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Luka Sero

Tobias

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Shayan Askari

Parviz

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Zohreh Farid

Maryam

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Tina Khabazian

Mrs Bagheri

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Asal Daram

Roya

Catherine Glavicic

Catherine Glavicic

Miranda

Nicole Gulasekharam

Nicole Gulasekharam

Deb

Jerome Meyer

Jerome Meyer

Pierre

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Sepideh Fallah

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Ghazal Ghazanfari

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Oona lux Nelson-Moore

Baby Dylan

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Hannah Moore

Annabelle

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Christopher Dimattina

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Liam McCarthy

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Tiana Hogben

Female Waiter

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Fariborz Pakzamir

Stall Owner

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Marjan Mesbahi

Shopkeeper

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Kamran Motamedi

Iranian Husband

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Nasibeh Irani

Iranian Mother

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Shaliz Hosseini

Iranian Wife

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Aban Qajarnia

Iranian Son

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Rayan Aridi

Drummer

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Behrouz Harvasi

Fire Jumper

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Sarah Harvasi

Fire Jumper

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Mustafa Amiri

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Aurnab As-Saber

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Faouzi Daghistani

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Yazdaneh Galt

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Elham Baghbani

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Negin Emamgholi

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Mohsen Panahi Erdi

Mr. Bagheri

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Sabrina Sanavandi

Bahar

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Ehsan Bayatfar

Reza

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Zac Garmsiri

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Nafiseh Hamidi

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Mohsen Hashemnejad

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Porsha Ghorbanpour

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Forouzan Ghorbanpour

Phillip McInnes

Phillip McInnes

Police Officer

Iopu Auva'a

Iopu Auva'a

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Meleah Smedley

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Michael Robins

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Michael Robins

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Silas James

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

2023-04-23

⭐ 7

**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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