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
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
Credits
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©: Why Not Productions, ©: Page 114, ©: France 2 Cinéma, Co-production: Why Not Productions, Co-production: Page 114, France 2 Cinéma, With the participation of: Canal+, With the participation of: Ciné+, France Télévisions, With the support of: Région Île-de-France, Cinémage 9, In association with: A Plus Image 5, In association with: Palatine Etoile 12, In association with: Indéfilms 3, In association with: Banque Postale Image 8, In association with: Cofinova 11, In association with: SofiTVciné 2, Soficinéma 11, Presents: Page 114, Presents: Why Not Productions, International Sales: Celluloïd Dreams, International Sales: Wild Bunch, Line Producer: Martine Cassinelli, Production Manager India and UK: Claire Langmann, Location Manager: Carole Reinhard, Location Manager: Vincent Dachet, Post-production: Béatrice Mauduit, Pauline Benard, 1st Assistant Director: Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux, Script Supervisor: Nathalie Vierny, Casting: Philippe Elkoubi, Casting: Mohamed Belhamar, Screenplay: Noé Debré, Screenplay: Thomas Bidegain, Screenplay: Jacques Audiard, Creative Consultant: Héléna Klotz, Director of Photography: Eponine Momenceau, Steadicam Operator: Loïc Andrieu, Visual Effects: Mikros Image, Special Effects Supervisor: Julien Poncet De La Grave, Editor: Juliette Welfling, Art Director: Michel Barthélémy, Costume Designer: C. Bourrec, Key Make-up: Flore Masson, Key Hairdresser: Jane Milon, Titles: Fred Grivois, Original Music: Nicolas Jaar, Sound: Daniel Sobrino, Sound Mixer: Cyril Holtz, Sound Editor: Valérie Deloof, Stunt Co-ordinator: Christian Hening, Stunt Co-ordinator: Grégory Loffredo, Jacques Audiard Thanks: Rebecca Zlotowski
Cast
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Antonythasan Jesuthasan (Dheepan), Kalieaswari Srinivasan (Yalini), Claudine Vinasithamby (Illayaal), Vincent Rottiers (Brahim), Marc Zinga (Youssouf), Faouzi Bensaïdi (Monsieur Habib), Bass Dhem (Azziz)