Perianayaki
2022Fifty-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.
Acted in
Jeyagowri Sivakumaran
as Perianayaki
Aman Bajaj
as DJ
Joshua Tan
as Wen
Kurt Utai-Laurenson
as Harry
Adeline Esther
as Gemma
Olivia O'Driscoll
as Supermarket Customer
Beth Kayes
as Supermarket Worker
Ruby Hansen
as Receptionist
Tehuamanuka Luiten-Apirana
as Nurse
Celine Dam
as Woman on Bus
Joshua Cooper
as Man on Bus
Suren Surendran
as K. Santhanam