Dheepan
“When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind”
2015 · 1 h 55 min
Directed by 
Jacques Audiard
Jacques AudiardCast
Antonythasan Jesuthasan Kalieaswari Srinivasan Claudine Vinasithamby
Credits
Written by: Jacques Audiard
Plot
Three Tamil refugees from the Sri Lankan civil war pose as a family and settle in a violent housing project near Paris.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or winner follows Tamil refugees posing as a family near Paris. Humane and tense, it turns from social drama to violent thriller, and its final act divides viewers.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (18,138 votes)
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