Dheepan (2015)
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Genres - Drama, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Social Problem Film |
Release Date - May 6, 2016 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 110 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Daniel Gelb
Sri Lankan soldier Dheepan (Antonythasan Jesuthasan) flees his war-torn home country by posing as a member of a fake family with a female refugee (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) and a young girl (Claudine Vinasithamby), which allows all three of them to seek asylum in a Parisian housing project. Although he has escaped from the conflict in Sir Lanka, Dheepan is haunted by his violent past and soon becomes entangled in the criminal activity at a low-rent apartment complex. Jacques Audiard directed this crime drama, which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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militant, military, refugee, secret-identity, war-torn
