Shayda

A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere

Shayda — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 28, 2023
• Runtime
• 118 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Noora Niasari

Shayda — Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi Shayda

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Selina Zahednia Mona Leah Purcell Joyce Jillian Nguyen Vi Osamah Sami Hossein Mojean Aria Farhad Rina Mousavi Elly Lucinda Armstrong Hall Renee