Shayda

December. 01,2023      PG-13
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Zar Amir Ebrahimi as  Shayda
Leah Purcell as  Joyce
Jillian Nguyen as  Vi
Osamah Sami as  Hossein
Mojean Aria as  Farhad
Rina Mousavi as  Elly
Jack Bonser as  Night Club Member (uncredited)
Catherine Glavicic as  Miranda

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Reviews

Jeanskynebu
2023/12/01

the audience applauded

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FeistyUpper
2023/12/02

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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InformationRap
2023/12/03

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Quiet Muffin
2023/12/04

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

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