Dheepan (2015)

  • R
  • 10/16/2015 (US)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 55m

When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind

Overview

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.

Noé Debré

Screenplay

Jacques Audiard

Screenplay, Director

Thomas Bidegain

Screenplay

Cast

Antonythasan Jesuthasan's headshot

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

Dheepan
Kalieaswari Srinivasan's headshot

Kalieaswari Srinivasan

Yalini
Claudine Vinasithamby's headshot

Claudine Vinasithamby

Illayaal
Vincent Rottiers's headshot

Vincent Rottiers

Brahim
Marc Zinga's headshot

Marc Zinga

Youssouf
Faouzi Bensaïdi's headshot

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Monsieur Habib
Bass Dhem's headshot

Bass Dhem

Azziz
Franck Falise's headshot

Franck Falise

Hall C Guard

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