Sivadhasan is a Tamil Tiger soldier during the last days of the Sri Lankan Civil War. After the armed conflict resolves, his side loses and he is forced to move to a refugee camp. There he decides to move to France to take a fresh chance at life. However, in order to secure political asylum, he requires a convincing cover story. He is given the passport of a dead man, Dheepan, and pairs with people he barely knows posing as his family. Along with his supposed wife, Yalini and his supposed 9-year-old daughter, Illayaal, they get on a ship bound for Paris. Upon arrival, he lands a job as a resident caretaker and starts building a new life in a housing project in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, a northeastern suburb of Paris, which turns out to be another conflict zone for him.
Cast: Claudine Vinasithamby, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan
Crew: Jacques Audiard (Director), Eponine Momenceau (Director of Photography), Nicolas Jaar (Music Director)
Release Dates: 13 May 2016 (United States | Wide Theatrical Release), 26 Aug 2015 (France | Wide Theatrical Release)
Did you know? The first film in Tamil language and with Tamil lead actors to win the Palme d'Or. Read More
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Actress
as Dheepan
Actress
as Résident du Pré
as L'employé Pole-Emploi
as Youssouf
as Le faussaire pakistanais
as Brahim
as Azziz
as La résidente anniversaire
as La directrice de l'école
as Le facteur
as Invité pique-nique
as Résident du Pré
as Le gardien du Hall C
as Invité pique-nique
as Colonel Cheran
as Gardien
as Invité pique-nique
as Invité pique-nique
as Monsieur Habib
as La dame dans l'escalier
as Résident du Pré
as Le juriste au foyer
as Gardien
as Vendeuse bijoux
as Invité pique-nique
as Gardien (as Aimen Saidi)
as Vendeur de roses
as La jeune femme chez M. Habib
as La femme du camp de réfugié
as Vendeur de roses
as L'interprète
Direction
Director
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Production
Producer
Production Company
Associate Production Company
Unit Production Manager
Distribution
Distributor
Sundance Selects (United States)
UGC Distribution (France)
Writers
Screenplay Writer
Dialogue Writer
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Steadicam Operator
Key Grip
Focus Puller
Electrician
Gaffer
Sound
Sound Re-recording Mixer
Sound Effects Editor
Foley Artist
Boom Operator
Art
Art Director
Production Designer
Prop Master
Assistant Art Director
Storyboard Artist
Set Dresser
Casting
Casting Director
Casting Assistant
Costume and Wardrobe
Costume Supervisor
Makeup and Hair
Makeup Artist
Special Effects
Special Effects Technician
Stunts
Stunt Director
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Performer
Stunt Driver
Visual Effects
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects Coordinator
Digital Compositor
Visual Effects Artist
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
French
Spoken Languages:
English
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Movie Connection(s):
Bilingual of: Dheepan (Tamil)
Filming Locations:
Trivia:
Lead actor Jesuthasan Antonythasan was a boy soldier with the Tamil Tigers before fleeing Sri Lanka for France, just like the character he plays in the movie.
The first film in Tamil language and with Tamil lead actors to win the Palme d'Or.
Lead actor Jesuthasan Antonythasan is a writer, novelist and political activist in real-life.
Dheepan (2015) marks the first leading role for Jesuthasan Antonythasan in a feature film. He only had a small supporting part in the 2011 Indian film Sengadal (2011) before.
A French film shot nearly entirely in Tamil language.
The female lead actors Kalieaswari Srinivasan and Claudine Vinasithamby never acted in a feature film before.
The first Audiard film that is not composed by Alexandre Desplat.
The first feature film of cinematographer Éponine Momenceau and composer Nicolas Jaar.
The first film in Tamil language and with Tamil lead actors to win the Palme d'Or.
Lead actor Jesuthasan Antonythasan is a writer, novelist and political activist in real-life.
Dheepan (2015) marks the first leading role for Jesuthasan Antonythasan in a feature film. He only had a small supporting part in the 2011 Indian film Sengadal (2011) before.
A French film shot nearly entirely in Tamil language.
The female lead actors Kalieaswari Srinivasan and Claudine Vinasithamby never acted in a feature film before.
The first Audiard film that is not composed by Alexandre Desplat.
The first feature film of cinematographer Éponine Momenceau and composer Nicolas Jaar.
