Dheepan

– Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 55 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Dheepan (2015)

Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.

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Dheepan (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 May 2016

Language:

Tamil, French, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Writer:

Jacques Audiard (dialogue), Jacques Audiard (screenplay), Thomas Bidegain (dialogue), Thomas Bidegain (screenplay), Noé Debré (dialogue), Noé Debré (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers

Plot:

Dheepan is a Tamil freedom fighter, a Tiger. In Sri Lanka, the Civil War is reaching its end, and defeat is near. Dheepan decides to flee, taking with him two strangers - a woman and a little girl - hoping that they will make it easier for him to claim asylum in Europe. Arriving in Paris, the 'family' moves from one temporary home to another until Dheepan finds work as the caretaker of a run-down housing block in the suburbs. He works to build a new life and a real home for his 'wife' and his 'daughter', but the daily violence he confronts quickly reopens his war wounds, and Dheepan is forced to reconnect with his warrior's instincts to protect the people he hopes will become his true family.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 13 nominations.

Gross profit:

$247,597

Production:

Sundance Selects

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
Metacritic:
76%