Perianayaki
For this Sri Lankan immigrant, it’s another day of stacking supermarket shelves – and of cultural misunderstandings.
August 6, 2022
11m
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.
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Cast
Jeyagowri Sivakumaran
PerianayakiAman Bajaj
DJJoshua Tan
WenKurt Utai-Laurenson
HarryAdeline Esther
GemmaOlivia O'Driscoll
Supermarket Customer
Beth Kayes
Supermarket WorkerRuby Hansen
ReceptionistTehuamanuka Luiten-Apirana
Nurse
Celine Dam
Woman on BusJoshua Cooper
Man on BusSuren Surendran
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