Perianayaki

Aug 6, 2022

0h 11m

★ 0.0

For this Sri Lankan immigrant, it’s another day of stacking supermarket shelves – and of cultural misunderstandings.

Overview

Fifty-six-year-old Perianayaki contends with the difficulties of fitting into her new home, especially at the local supermarket where she works. Eye-opening and brimming with compassion, the latest film from director Bala Murali Shingade is a slice-of-life character study that provokes questions about multiculturalism and our assumptions about the people we encounter in daily life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

New Zealand Film Commission

Last Minute Productions

Script to Screen

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Cast

Perianayaki

Jeyagowri Sivakumaran

Aman Bajaj

Wen

Joshua Tan

Harry

Kurt Utai-Laurenson

Gemma

Adeline Esther

Supermarket Customer

Olivia O'Driscoll

Supermarket Worker

Beth Kayes

Receptionist

Ruby Hansen

Nurse

Tehuamanuka Luiten-Apirana

Woman on Bus

Celine Dam

Man on Bus

Joshua Cooper

K. Santhanam

Suren Surendran

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