Movie Review: An Iranian woman and her daughter flee abuse in moving indie ‘Shayda’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Movie Review: An Iranian woman and her daughter flee abuse in moving indie ‘Shayda’

Associated Press  

Noora Niasari’s delicately moving “ Shayda ” puts the viewer in the shoes of an Iranian woman in Australia living in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter. There is a considerable amount of the film in which we get to just watch Shayda and Mona being together, playing, dancing, debating haircuts and enjoying one another’s company. “Shayda” excels in illuminating the isolation of an abusive relationship, even once there’s been physical separation. “Shayda,” a Sony Pictures Classics release in theaters Friday, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for “thematic material, domestic abuse, some violence, language.” Running time: 118 minutes.

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Review: In ‘Shayda,’ a woman’s escape sheds light on her abuser — and a patriarchal culture
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: In ‘Shayda,’ a woman’s escape sheds light on her abuser — and a patriarchal culture

LA Times  

Hope and fear vie for prominence throughout Noora Niasari’s debut feature “Shayda,” in which Zar Amir Ebrahimi enthralls as a Persian mother living in Australia who takes refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter Mona. It’s not necessary to know the origins of “Shayda,” however, to get swept up in its moment-to-moment tension, starting with an airport scene …

Shayda movie review: A powerful semi-autobiographical debut for director Noora Niasari
1 year, 11 months ago

Shayda movie review: A powerful semi-autobiographical debut for director Noora Niasari

Hindustan Times  

One cannot not reflect on the current situation of women over anti-hijab protests in Iran while watching Shayda, the devastating feature-film directorial debut of Autralian-Iranian filmmaker Noora Niasari. Her protagonist Shayda, played by Holy Spider's Zar Amir Ebrahimi, lets go of the headscarf, cuts her hair short and files a divorce from her abusive husband who has threatened her of …

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