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Directed by Jacques Audiard, Dheepan (2015) is a French drama following three Sri Lankan refugees who assume false identities in order to begin new lives in a troubled housing project outside Paris. Starring Antonythasan Jesuthasan, the film explores trauma, displacement and family bonds as violence from both the past and present continues to shape their lives. The film won the Palme dOr at the Cannes Film Festival. Set within marginalized urban environments, the story combines social realism with crime and thriller elements tied to gang violence and survival. Från IMDB: Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.
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Dheepan (2015)
115 min
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.