Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
Directed by Jacques Audiard
paris, france
freedom fighter
sri lanka
social realism
drug gang
war refugees
dangerous neighborhood
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Cast
Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Dheepan
Kalieaswari Srinivasan
Yalini
Claudine Vinasithamby
Illayaal
Vincent Rottiers
Brahim
Marc Zinga
Youssouf
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Monsieur Habib
Bass Dhem
Azziz
Franck Falise
Hall C Guard
Joséphine de Meaux
School Principal
Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux
The Lawyer
Vasanth Selvam
Colonel Cheran
Tassadit Mandi
The Lady on the Stairs
Crew
Jacques Audiard
Director
Jacques Audiard
Screenplay
Thomas Bidegain
Screenplay
Noé Debré
Screenplay
Pascal Caucheteux
Producer
Jacques Audiard
Producer
Emma Franco
Makeup Artist
Chattoune
Costume Design
Loïc Andrieu
Steadicam Operator
Cyril Holtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Damien Lazzerini
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Daniel Sobrino
Sound Recordist
Popular Reviews
54 reviews
Janie
6.0★ · 11/23/25
the wilhelm scream took me OUT
the wilhelm scream took me OUT
edwin
4.0★ · 09/15/25
so let me get this straight, she is wearing a hijab in france in order to fit in, even though hijabs are banned in france?
so let me get this straight, she is wearing a hijab in france in order to fit in, even though hijabs are banned in france?
Ryan
7.2★ · 07/03/25
when you escape a civil war just to end up in the middle of a drug war between gangs of french twinks
when you escape a civil war just to end up in the middle of a drug war between gangs of french twinks
meriem
5.3★ · 05/31/25
déçue de la tournure des événements on va dire, mais le film reste très beau et drôle par moment
déçue de la tournure des événements on va dire, mais le film reste très beau et drôle par moment
