Dheepan [DVD]
2016
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Winner of the Palme d'Or 2015, this feature from Jacques Audiard charts a migrant journey. Sivadhasan (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) is a Tamil Tiger soldier during the close of the Sri Lankan Civil War. When his side loses and he is forced to move to a refugee camp, Sivadhasan decides to flee to France. In order to secure political asylum, however, he needs a convincing story. Taking on the passport of a dead man called Dheepan and a pretend family - wife Yalini (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) and daughter Illayaal (Claudine Vinasithamby) - he makes his way to Paris. After successfully settling in a north-eastern suburb of the French capital, Sivadhasan gets a job as a caretaker and begins to build a new life for his family. Soon, however, he realises he is in a new conflict zone as gang violence escalates around them meaning he has to reopen old war wounds.
Main title:
Dheepan [DVD] / director, Jacques Audiard; producer, Pascal Caucheteux; producer, Jacques Audiard; writer, Jacques Audiard; writer, Thomas Bidegain; writer, Noé Debré.
Author:
Audiard, Jacques, directorJaar, Nicolas, musicAntonythasan, Jesuthasan, actorSrinivasan, Kalieaswari, actorVinasithamby, Claudine, actor
Imprint:
StudioCanal, 2016.
Collation:
1 DVD (115 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (Tamil, French, English), Subtitles (English).Made in 2015.Credits: music, Nicolas Jaar; cinematographer, Éponine Momenceau.DVDN.
Performers:
Cast: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Marc Zinga, Bass Dhem, Franck Falise, Joséphine de Meaux, Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Local class:
DVD FI
Language:
FrenchEnglish
BRN:
1563263
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