Perianayaki
For this Sri Lankan immigrant, it’s another day of stacking supermarket shelves – and of cultural misunderstandings.
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.
Crew and Cast
Bala Murali ShingadeDirector
Jeyagowri SivakumaranPerianayaki
Aman BajajDJ
Joshua TanWen
Kurt Utai-LaurensonHarry
Adeline EstherGemma
Olivia O'DriscollSupermarket Customer
Beth KayesSupermarket WorkerRuby HansenReceptionist
Tehuamanuka Luiten-ApiranaNurse
Celine DamWoman on BusJoshua CooperMan on Bus
Suren SurendranK. Santhanam
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 6 August 2022
- Runtime
- 11m
Production
- Director
- Bala Murali Shingade
- Writers
- Shreya Gejji
- Studios
- New Zealand Film Commission, Last Minute Productions, Script to Screen
- Countries
- New Zealand
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- Tamil, English