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DHEEPAN
DISTR Theatrical, TV, VOD, UKRAINE
Release date : Feb 11, 2016
 
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Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 110 minutes

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Jacques AUDIARD
Writer(s) : Jacques AUDIARD, Thomas BIDEGAIN, Noé DEBRÉ
Cast : Antonythasan JESUTHASAN, Kalieaswari SRINIVASAN, Claudine VINASITHAMBY, Vincent ROTTIERS, Marc ZINGA

Producer(s) : Pascal CAUCHETEUX (Why Not Productions), Grégoire SORLAT (Why Not Productions)

Synopsis

Dheepan is a Tamil freedom fighter, a Tiger.

In Sri Lanka, the Civil War is reaching its end, and defeat is near. Dheepan decides to flee, taking with him two strangers - a woman and a little girl - hoping that they will make it easier for him to claim asylum in Europe.

Arriving in Paris, the ‘family’ moves from one temporary home to another until Dheepan finds work as the caretaker of a run-down housing block in the suburbs. He works to build a new life and a real home for his ‘wife’ and his ‘daughter’, but the daily violence he confronts quickly reopens his war wounds, and Dheepan is forced to reconnect with his warrior’s instincts to protect the people he hopes will become his true family.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

AUSTRIA Dec 11, 2015 FILMLADEN GMBH
BELGIUM Aug 26, 2015 LUMIÈRE (GHENT)
CANADA MÉTROPOLE FILMS
CANADA MONGREL MEDIA I
CZECH REPU Oct 22, 2015 FILM EUROPE (CZ
DENMARK CAMERA FILM A/S
ESTONIA Oct 12, 2015 MUST KASI / KIN
FRANCE Aug 26, 2015 UGC DISTRIBUTIO
FRANCE CANAL+
FRANCE Aug 26, 2015 UGC
GERMANY WELTKINO FILMVE
GREECE SPENTZOS FILM S
HUNGARY Oct 22, 2015 CIRKO FILM KFT.
KOREA (Sou GREEN NARAE MED
LITHUANIA EUROPEAN FILM F
NETHERLAND Sep 03, 2015 LUMIÈRE (AMSTER
PORTUGAL MIDAS FILMES
SINGAPORE LUNA FILMS
SLOVAKIA Oct 15, 2015 FILM EUROPE (SL
SWITZERLAN Aug 26, 2015 FILMCOOPI ZURIC
UKRAINE Feb 11, 2016 ARTHOUSE TRAFFI
USA IFC FILMS / IFC
USA PALMERA INTERNA


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2015 - Competition (Palme d'or)


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