Dheepan Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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.

Cited as official plot version from ifcfilms.com

Crime Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Dheepan.

• J
  Jesuthasan Antonythasan

• K
  Kalieaswari Srinivasan

• C
  Claudine Vinasithamby

• V
  Vincent Rottiers

  Renoir

• M
  Marc Zinga

  Tori and Lokita

Crew Behind the Film

The Dheepan behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jacques Audiard last directed Emilia Pérez and Paris, 13th District. The film's writer Jacques Audiard last wrote Paris, 13th District and The Sisters Brothers.

Director

Jacques Audiard

Screenwriter

Jacques Audiard

Production Details

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Production Updates for Dheepan

Feb 2016

Completed

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