Maysa

Oct 11, 2025

0h 11m

★ 0.0

A quiet visit forces Maysa and her stoic Iraqi mother to confront what’s long been left unspoken

Overview

Maysa unfolds over a single afternoon as a young woman and her stoic middle eastern mother navigate the quiet tension of a long-held silence. As memories of migration and girlhood surface in fractured flashbacks, their unspoken history begins to unravel. A tender, restrained portrait of love, resilience, and the things women carry - even when they no longer have to.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Topdown Productions

Maysa Trailers

Cast

Maysa

Hanah Tayeb

Young Mama

Mirabai Pease

Mama

Sherin Darwish

Baba

Arlo Green

Brian

Mark Mitchinson

Young Maysa

Julia Elsoukkary

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