Dheepan (Original title)
Date: 2015 (Release)Country: FranceDirector: Jacques Audiard
Synopsis: To escape the civil war in Sri Lanka and gain entry to France, a former Tamil Tiger soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. After moving to a housing project in the Paris suburbs, they must decide what kind of relationship they want to have while also holding down gruelling jobs, maintaining a stable domestic life, and looking after a ‘daughter’ who belongs to neither of them.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: International migration, Sri Lankan community, Sri Lankan Civil War
Releases
Date: 26 August 2015Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): Tamil / Dialogue (original): French / Dialogue (original): English
Date: 16 October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Dialogue (original): Tamil / Subtitles: English
Date: 08 April 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 114 mins 41 secs - Dialogue (original): Tamil / Dialogue (original): French / Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Author: King, Gemma Pages: 213 pages
Date: 2015 (Release)Country: FranceDirector: Jacques Audiard
Synopsis: To escape the civil war in Sri Lanka and gain entry to France, a former Tamil Tiger soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family. After moving to a housing project in the Paris suburbs, they must decide what kind of relationship they want to have while also holding down gruelling jobs, maintaining a stable domestic life, and looking after a ‘daughter’ who belongs to neither of them.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: International migration, Sri Lankan community, Sri Lankan Civil War
Releases
Date: 26 August 2015Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 115 mins Dialogue (original): Tamil / Dialogue (original): French / Dialogue (original): English
Date: 16 October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 110 mins Dialogue (original): Tamil / Subtitles: English
Date: 08 April 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 114 mins 41 secs - Dialogue (original): Tamil / Dialogue (original): French / Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Decentring France: multilingualism and power in contemporary French cinemaAuthor: King, Gemma Pages: 213 pages