Shayda is an Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her frightened 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, the Persian New Year, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he re-enters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
Winner of the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic section at Sundance Film Festival.
Título original: Shayda
Ano: 2023
Classificação: 14
Duração: 117 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: Australia
Tags: Australia, motherhood, feminism, female directors, awarded films, international festivals
Cor: cor
Direção: Noora Niasari
Roteiro: Noora Niasari
Fotografia: Sherwin Akbarzadeh
Montagem: Elika Rezaee
Elenco: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Osamah Sami, Leah Purcell, Jillian Nguyen, Mojean Aria, Rina Mousavi, Selina Zahednia
Produtor: Vincent Sheehan, Noora Niasari
Produção: Origma 45
Distribuição: Sony