Dheepan

Dheepan

115 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 26, 2015

Three people who have lost everything, a soldier tired of fighting, a young woman and a little girl, pose as a family to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka. They emigrate to France and settle in a chaotic neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris, where apparently the law no longer exists; but they, who barely know each other, struggle to survive there, even when the ghosts of war begin to haunt them again.

Dheepan

115 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 26, 2015

Dheepan
Three people who have lost everything, a soldier tired of fighting, a young woman and a little girl, pose as a family to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka. They emigrate to France and settle in a chaotic neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris, where apparently the law no longer exists; but they, who barely know each other, struggle to survive there, even when the ghosts of war begin to haunt them again.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Why Not Productions, Page 114
Original title Dheepan
Directors Jacques Audiard
Writers Noé Debré, Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard

Cast

Claudine Vinasithamby

as Illayaal

Vincent Rottiers

as Brahim

Marc Zinga

as Youssouf

Faouzi Bensaïdi

as Monsieur Habib

Bass Dhem

as Azziz

Franck Falise

as Hall C Guard

Joséphine de Meaux

as School Principal

Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux

as The Lawyer

Nathan Anthonypillai

as The Interpreter

Vasanth Selvam

as Colonel Cheran

Karthik Krishnan

as The Forger in Sri Lanka

Tassadit Mandi

as The Lady on the Stairs

Marie Trichet

as The Young Woman with M. Habib

Sandor Funtek

as Guard #1

Aymen Saïdi

as Guard #2

Soufiane Guerrab

as Guard #3

Eric Douré

as The Pakistani Forger