“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.
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Cast
12 people
Jeyagowri Sivakumaran
Perianayaki
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Aman Bajaj
DJ
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Olivia O'Driscoll
Supermarket Customer
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Beth Kayes
Supermarket Worker
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Ruby Hansen
Receptionist
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Nurse
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Celine Dam
Woman on Bus
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Joshua Cooper
Man on Bus
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Suren Surendran
K. Santhanam
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Bala Murali Shingade Director · Shreya Gejji Writer Shailesh Prajapati Editor
First release August 6, 2022 · Produced in New Zealand · Languages English, Tamil
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
Last Minute Productions
Production
Script to Screen
Production
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Tamil
Release dates
New Zealand · August 6, 2022
Limited theatrical · New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF)
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
August 11, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
Taiwan
October 12, 2025 · Premiere · Kuan-Du Film Festival
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