Dheepan

Aug 26, 2015

1h 55m

★ 6.8

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

France 2 Cinéma

Why Not Productions

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Cast

Dheepan

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

Yalini

Kalieaswari Srinivasan

Illayaal

Claudine Vinasithamby

Brahim

Vincent Rottiers

Youssouf

Marc Zinga

Monsieur Habib

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Azziz

Bass Dhem

Hall C Guard

Franck Falise

School Principal

Joséphine de Meaux

The Lawyer

Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux

The Interpreter

Nathan Anthonypillai

Colonel Cheran

Vasanth Selvam

In the present, in Spain, Miguel's mind, affected by a brain disease, seems cloistered in the past, in Argentina, in the seventies, when he risked his life for his ideals. He is obsessed with finding a woman named Diana. Mario, his son, who has been away from Miguel for a long time, now feels compelled to unravel the mystery of a name that, like a curse, pursues his father.

5.9

The Third War

Sep 16, 2021

After completing his military training, young Léo, a taciturn soldier with family problems and secret addictions, is assigned to one of the units that patrol the streets of Paris in search of possible terrorist threats as part of Operation Sentinelle.

1.7

La Môme Pigalle

Nov 29, 1955

Released from prison, Arlette returns to her job as a cabaret star. The police try to get her to confess where the stolen jewels are hidden.

4.2

Schizophreniac: The Whore Mangler

Jan 1, 1997

A murderous drug addict driven insane by the demonic voice of his evil ventriloquist dummy sets out on a gore-soaked killing spree in this independent shocker from director Ron Atkins. Insanity is calling and Harry Russo is more than happy to answer by slicing, dicing, filleting and splaying anyone who gets in the way of his quest to achieve a state of complete mental chaos. Harry is not alone on his journey of destruction though, and as his villainous ventriloquist dummy offering a bit of immoral support, the stage is set for some serious bloodletting!

6.1

I Can't Sleep

May 18, 1994

Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery neighbors. Daiga, an aspiring Lithuanian actress newly arrived to Paris, becomes fascinated with the life of a mysteriously beautiful drag performer.

6.2

Cold Water

Jul 6, 1994

An outer suburb of Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine, both sixteen, are classmates and lovers who have become frustrated with the aloofness of their families and the general monotony of their lives. When the pair are caught shoplifting, Christine's father ships her off to a home for emotionally disturbed children, temporarily putting space between her and Gilles. Luckily for them, though, she escapes and the couple contemplate running away together.

7.1

Four Nights of a Dreamer

Feb 2, 1972

Jacques, a young man with artistic aspirations, spends four nights wandering Paris with a young woman, whom he rescued from suicide.

6.9

The Razor's Edge

Nov 19, 1946

An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.

3.4

4.48

Aug 27, 2014

In order to win over a tough dramatist at her next audition, a young actress turns to method acting to such an extreme that she slowly loses herself in the coveted role of a promiscuous bisexual self-destructive wild girl and starts sleeping around, provoking fights and cutting herself. Can she pull herself back from the edge of the abyss before it's too late?

4.8

Young Girls Beware

Jul 4, 1957

Raven, a mobster just released from prison, settles the score by murdering Mendetta and her partner, who had turned him in. Having taken over Mendetta's various bars, he finds himself at war with other mobsters who want to kill him.

7.2

Bedevilled

Aug 19, 2010

A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.

6.4

The Prefab People

Dec 9, 1982

Using verite conventions, a young couple with a baby and a child are worn away by the monotony of their lives.

6.0

The Truth

Oct 10, 2019

Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.

4.7

Until September

Sep 21, 1984

American tour guide Mo Alexander misses her tour group, and then her flight out of Paris. Stuck in the city of romance, Mo runs into the very suave -- and very married -- Xavier, who attempts to seduce Mo while his family is out of town. His charms prove hard to resist, and Mo succumbs, though her conscience weighs heavy. Soon their bickering romance of convenience takes a serious turn, and, in spite of himself, Xavier finds he's falling in love.

5.4

Face

Oct 2, 2009

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth.

7.0

Night and Day

Feb 28, 2008

Kim Seong-nam travels to Paris to escape an arrest, leaving his wife behind in Korea. After he arrives, he meets an ex-girlfriend and is introduced to a small community of Korean artists.

8.0

Le Triporteur de Belleville

Feb 28, 2005

1940. Victor Leizer, a young Jewish boy from Belleville, takes to the road to join his parents. There he meets Bernard Mirande, another young boy. But after being captured by the Gestapo, he is sent to the camps, where he becomes Commandant Braumann's scapegoat. But his adventures are just beginning...

5.7

The Red and the Black

Dec 22, 1997

In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a noble who had hired him as tutor to his children.

6.3

Passages

Jun 28, 2023

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.