Dheepan
“When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind”
2015•R•1h 55m•6.8•Released
CrimeDrama
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.
Director
Jacques Audiard
Writer
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré
Revenue
$8M
Languages
Arabic, English, French
Studio
France 2 Cinéma
Cast
Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Dheepan
Kalieaswari Srinivasan
Yalini
Claudine Vinasithamby
Illayaal
Vincent Rottiers
Brahim
Marc Zinga
Youssouf
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Monsieur Habib
Bass Dhem
Azziz
Franck Falise
Hall C Guard
Joséphine de Meaux
School Principal
Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux
The Lawyer
Nathan Anthonypillai
The Interpreter
Vasanth Selvam
Colonel Cheran
Karthik Krishnan
The Forger in Sri Lanka
Tassadit Mandi
The Lady on the Stairs
Marie Trichet
The Young Woman with M. Habib
Production
Company
France 2 Cinéma
Company
Why Not Productions
Company
Page 114
Producer
Pascal Caucheteux
Producer
Jacques Audiard
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