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Dheepan

Sundance Selects | Release Date: May 6, 2016

Summary: 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. [Sundance Selects]

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Runtime:	115 min
Rating:	Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity
Official Site:	http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/dheepan
Production:	Canal+
Genres:	Drama, Crime
Country:	France
Languages:	English, French, Tamil
Home Release Date:	May 23, 2017

Director	Credit
Jacques Audiard	Director

Writer	Credit
Jacques Audiard	Writer
Noé Debré	Writer
Thomas Bidegain	Writer

Cast	Credit
Bass Dhem	Azziz
Claudine Vinasithamby	Illayaal
Faouzi Bensaïdi	Monsieur Habib
Franck Falise	Le Gardien Du Hall C
Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux	Le Juriste Au Foyer
Jesuthasan Antonythasan	Dheepan
Joséphine de Meaux	La Directrice De L'école
Kalieaswari Srinivasan	Yalini
Kartik Krishnan	Le Faussaire Au Sri Lanka
Marc Zinga	Youssouf
Nathan Anthonypillai	L'interprète
Rudhra	La Femme Du Camp De Réfugié
Tassadit Mandi	La Dame Dans L'escalier
Vasanth Selvam	Colonel Cheran
Vincent Rottiers	Brahim

Producer	Credit
Jacques Audiard	Producer
Pascal Caucheteux	Producer
Serge Hayat	Equity Provider