Dheepan
Synopsis
Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil fighter, a Tiger.
The civil war draws to a close in Sri Lanka, defeat is at hand, and Dheepan decides to flee. He takes a woman and a little girl, whom he doesn't know, with him, hoping this will make it easier to get political asylum in Europe.
Once in Paris, this "family" struggles along, living in one shelter after another until Dheepan gets a caretaker's job in a housing project on the outskirts of the city.
Dheepan hopes to build a new life and to create a real home for his fake wife and daughter.
However, soon the everyday violence of the housing projects causes the still open wounds of the war to resurface.
Dheepan the soldier must reconnect with his warrior instincts to protect those who he hopes will become his "real" family.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (15)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Why Not Productions
- Co-productions : Page 114, France 2 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Bureau Sales
- French distribution : UGC Distribution
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Pascal Caucheteux
- Screenwriters : Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré
- Director of photography : Éponine Momenceau
- Music Composer : Nicolas Jaar
- Assistant Director : Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux
- Editor : Juliette Weifling
- Sound Recordist : Daniel Sobrino
- Executive Producer : Martine Cassinelli
- Press Attaché (film) : Marie-Christine Damiens
- Sound editor : Valérie Deloof
- Continuity supervisor : Nathalie Vierny
- Production Designer : Michel Barthélémy
- Casting : Philippe Elkoubi, Mohamed Belhamar
- Sound Mixer : Cyril Holtz
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Exile, Violence
- Production language : French, Tamoul
- Production country : France
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International releases
| Country | Distributor | Buyer | Release date | Titre local |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | N/A | |||
 Austria | 11/12/2015 | |||
 Belgium | 26/08/2015 | |||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | N/A | |||
 Brazil | 29/10/2015 |
French-speaking Switzerland
News & awards
News (30)
Selections (20)
French Film Festival in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic, 2017
Cannes - Sélection officielle 2011-2016
