Dheepan
A battle‑hardened Sri Lankan refugee strives to forge a stable family and fresh start in a rough Paris suburb, but the violent shadows of his past and the neighborhood’s criminal underworld threaten to tear their fragile new life apart.
“When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind”
Synopsis
Three strangers, scarred by war, form a makeshift family and escape Sri Lanka's civil war to begin anew in a struggling Paris suburb, but their shared pasts begin to haunt them as they face the challenges of surviving in their unfamiliar surroundings.
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Edited by Juliette WelflingShot by Eponine MomenceauScored by Nicolas JaarDesigned by Michel Barthelemy
Box Office
2015 · Box office
Grossed $7.7M worldwide
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Also known as
- Dämonen und Wunderde
- Dämonen und Wunder - Dheepande
- Erranen
- Dheepan - Una nuova vitait
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Cast & Crew
22 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jesuthasan Antonythasan
as Dheepan
Kalieaswari Srinivasan
as Yalini
Claudine Vinasithamby
as Illayaal
Vincent Rottiers
as Brahim
Faouzi Bensaidi
as Monsieur Habib
Marc Zinga
as Youssouf
Bass Dhem
as Azziz
Franck Falise
as Le gardien du Hall C
Josephine De Meaux
as La directrice de l'école
Jean Baptiste Pouilloux
as Le juriste au foyer
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