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26/08/2015 Crime, Drama 1h 55m
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When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind

Overview

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.

  1. Jacques Audiard

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Antonythasan Jesuthasan

    Dheepan

  2. Kalieaswari Srinivasan

    Yalini

  3. Claudine Vinasithamby

    Illayaal

  4. Vincent Rottiers

    Brahim

  5. Marc Zinga

    Youssouf

  6. Faouzi Bensaïdi

    Monsieur Habib

  7. Bass Dhem

    Azziz

  8. Franck Falise

    Hall C Guard

  9. Joséphine de Meaux

    School Principal

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-04-06
More like out of the "Dheepan" and into the fire! He (Jesuthasan Anthonythasan) is a Tamil separatist on Sri Lanka who is having to come to terms with the fact that their cause is lost. Fearing persecution, he decides to head to France where he can claim asylum. Along the way, he encounters "Yalini" (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) and her daughter "Illayaal" (Claudine Visasithamby) and concluding that all would do better if they claimed to be a family, try to seek safety. Oddly enough, their lack of French language skills and papers doesn't seem to inhibit their arrival in France, but the reward for ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$7,704,357.00

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