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Dheepan

Dheepan

Crime · Drama · 2015

Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.

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Dheepan

“When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind”

2015 Crime · Drama 1h 55m

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6.8 / 10

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Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.

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Directed by

Jacques Audiard

Written by

Jacques Audiard · Thomas Bidegain · Noé Debré

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

Dheepan

Kalieaswari Srinivasan

Kalieaswari Srinivasan

Yalini

Claudine Vinasithamby

Claudine Vinasithamby

Illayaal

Vincent Rottiers

Vincent Rottiers

Brahim

Marc Zinga

Marc Zinga

Youssouf

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Monsieur Habib

Bass Dhem

Bass Dhem

Azziz

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Put Dheepan on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.