Dheepan
– Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside..
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
13 May 2016
Tamil, French, English
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.
Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard (dialogue), Jacques Audiard (screenplay), Thomas Bidegain (dialogue), Thomas Bidegain (screenplay), Noé Debré (dialogue), Noé Debré (screenplay)
Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers
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.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 13 nominations.
$247,597
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