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.
Genres:
Zar Amir Ebrahimi as Shayda
Selina Zahednia as Mona
Leah Purcell as Joyce
Jillian Nguyen as Vi
Osamah Sami as Hossein
Mojean Aria as Farhad
Rina Mousavi as Elly
Lucinda Armstrong Hall as Renee
Bev Killick as Cathy
Jack Bonser as Night Club Member (uncredited)
Eve Morey as Lara
Alanna Ha Quach as Jill
Avina Ha Quach as Jenny
Luka Sero as Tobias
Shayan Askari as Parviz
Zohreh Farid as Maryam
Tina Khabazian as Mrs Bagheri
Asal Daram as Roya
Catherine Glavicic as Miranda
Nicole Gulasekharam as Deb
Jerome Meyer as Pierre
Sepideh Fallah as
Ghazal Ghazanfari as
Oona lux Nelson-Moore as Baby Dylan
Hannah Moore as Annabelle
Christopher Dimattina as
Liam McCarthy as
Tiana Hogben as Female Waiter
Fariborz Pakzamir as Stall Owner
Marjan Mesbahi as Shopkeeper
Kamran Motamedi as Iranian Husband
Nasibeh Irani as Iranian Mother
Shaliz Hosseini as Iranian Wife
Aban Qajarnia as Iranian Son
Rayan Aridi as Drummer
Behrouz Harvasi as Fire Jumper
Sarah Harvasi as Fire Jumper
Mustafa Amiri as
Aurnab As-Saber as
Faouzi Daghistani as
Yazdaneh Galt as
Elham Baghbani as
Negin Emamgholi as
Mohsen Panahi Erdi as Mr. Bagheri
Sabrina Sanavandi as Bahar
Ehsan Bayatfar as Reza
Zac Garmsiri as
Nafiseh Hamidi as
Mohsen Hashemnejad as
Porsha Ghorbanpour as
Forouzan Ghorbanpour as
Phillip McInnes as Police Officer
Iopu Auva'a as
Meleah Smedley as
Michael Robins as
Michael Robins as
Silas James as
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