• Director(s)

    Noora Niasari

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    08/03/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Leah Purcell, Mojean Aria

Film

Shayda

domestic abuse, strong threat

Confronting the challenging subject of domestic abuse, this tense yet empathetic drama follows an Iranian immigrant woman’s attempt to begin a new life after moving into an Australian women’s shelter with her young daughter.…

Confronting the challenging subject of domestic abuse, this tense yet empathetic drama follows an Iranian immigrant woman’s attempt to begin a new life after moving into an Australian women’s shelter with her young daughter.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sexual violence and sexual threat

theme

sex

discrimination

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Noora Niasari

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    08/03/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Leah Purcell, Mojean Aria

domestic abuse, strong threat
Classified Date:
26/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd
violence
An abusive man shoves a woman against a wall and attempts to strangle her. When another man attempts to intervene, the abuser knocks him to the ground and repeatedly kicks him, leaving his face somewhat bloodied.
threat and horror
A traumatised woman is stalked, aggressed and physically attacked by her estranged abusive husband, resulting in a sustained and building sense of threat. It is also strongly implied that her abuser intends to abduct her child. Another scene shows adults and children escaping from a burning building after an arson attack.
language
Bad language includes 'whore', ‘bloody’, 'shit' and ‘bullshit’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are upsetting but verbally undetailed references to sexual violence in the context of domestic abuse.
theme
The film follows a woman who has recently moved into a women’s shelter with her young daughter to escape her abusive marriage. She is forced to interact with her estranged husband for the purpose of court ordered visitations, during which he displays increasingly threatening and aggressive behaviour, culminating in him stalking and attacking her. Other scenes feature non-explicit verbal accounts of previous abuse, including physical and sexual violence. The film also explores the emotional and psychological toll of these events on her young child.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Classified date

    26/01/2024

  • Language

    Persian