Perianayaki
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.
Cast: Jeyagowri Sivakumaran, Aman Bajaj, Joshua Tan
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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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Bala Murali Shingade
- Producers
- Shreya Gejji, Shuchi Kothari
- Cast
- Jeyagowri Sivakumaran, Aman Bajaj, Joshua Tan, Kurt Utai-Laurenson, Adeline Esther, Olivia O'Driscoll
- Studio
- New Zealand Film Commission, Last Minute Productions, Script to Screen
