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Dheepan (2015)
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers
7.2
88%Runtime115 min
Rating15
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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.
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Dheepan (2015), directed by Jacques Audiard, is a critically acclaimed crime drama that follows three war-torn strangers posing as a family who flee Sri Lanka's civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb. The film received an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.2/10 on IMDb, indicating strong positive reception from critics and audiences.
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Director Jacques Audiard's 2015 film Dheepan offers a gritty, poignant exploration of the refugee experience, blending elements of crime drama and character study. Starring Antonythasan Jesuthasan, this powerful story follows the struggles of a trio of Sri Lankan war survivors as they attempt to build a new life in a troubled Parisian suburb, confronting their traumatic pasts while adapting to an unwelcoming new environment.
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Dheepan is a 2015 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Audiard and co-written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, and Noé Debré. The film was partly inspired by Montesquieu's Persian Letters, as well as the 1971 film Straw Dogs, with guidance from Antonythasan Jesuthasan, who stars as the title character.
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