Dheepan is a drama directed by Jacques Audiard, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film follows three Tamil refugees - a former soldier, a young woman and a child - as they flee the civil war in Sri Lanka. To gain asylum, they pose as a family. When they arrive in France, they are rehoused in a suburban housing estate, where they have to cope with the violence of everyday life, while getting to know and bond with each other. Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan and Claudine Vinasithamby embody this fragile trio, at the heart of a poignant tale of identity, survival and solidarity.
Dheepan will be available on Netflix from May 13, 2025.
Here's the trailer for Dheepan, an intense drama about uprooting and building a new beginning.
Synopsis: Fleeing the civil war in Sri Lanka, a former soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. Barely knowing each other, they take refuge in a French housing project and try to build a home for themselves.
Dheepan could be of interest to viewers sensitive to stories of migration and personal reconstruction, along the lines of A Syrian Family or Welcome. The film tackles current themes of welcome, integration and resilience, while developing a moving portrait of three individuals forced to become a family in a hostile context.
Dheepan aptly explores the journey of refugees seeking to rebuild their lives in a strange land. Between social tensions, traumatic memories and the hope of a common future, Jacques Audiard's film stands out as a strong and committed humanist drama, awarded the Palme d'Or in 2015.
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