Dheepan
“When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind”
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.
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Cast
21 people
Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Dheepan
Known for
The Coyotes
A Private War
Kalieaswari Srinivasan
Yalini
Also in
Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
A Woman of No Importance
Claudine Vinasithamby
Illayaal
Also in
Orchestra Class
Vincent Rottiers
Brahim
Known for
Through the Fire
Anthracite
Marc Zinga
Youssouf
Known for
The African Doctor
Zebra Stripes
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Monsieur Habib
Also in
Sofia
WWW: What a Wonderful World
Bass Dhem
Azziz
Known for
Divines
He Even Has Your Eyes
Franck Falise
Hall C Guard
Known for
Patients
Back Home
Joséphine de Meaux
School Principal
Known for
The Intouchables
Ducoboo
Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux
The Lawyer
Nathan Anthonypillai
The Interpreter
No other roles listed
Vasanth Selvam
Colonel Cheran
Also in
Kadaseela Biriyani
Please Hold
Jacques Audiard Director · Thomas Bidegain Screenplay Noé Debré Screenplay
Worldwide gross $7.7M · United States release May 13, 2016 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$7,704,357
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Why Not Productions
Production
Page 114
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
A Plus Image 5
Production
Ciné+
Production
Cinémage 9
Production
Cofinova 11
Production
France Télévisions
Production
Indéfilms 3
Production
La Banque Postale Image 8
Production
Palatine Étoile 12
Production
Région Ile-de-France
Production
Soficinéma 11
Production
SofiTVciné 2
Production
France
Produced in
Erran
Working title
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · Swedish · Tamil
Release dates
France · May 21, 2015
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · August 26, 2015
Theatrical
United States · May 13, 2016
Theatrical
United States
October 9, 2015 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 16, 2015 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Canada
September 11, 2015 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
May 6, 2026 · TV · Canal+ Grand Écran
Germany
December 10, 2015 · Theatrical
Greece
November 19, 2015 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 29, 2015 · Digital
Ireland
April 8, 2016 · Digital
Italy
October 22, 2015 · Theatrical
Japan
February 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 12, 2016 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 2, 2015 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
October 22, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
October 24, 2015 · Premiere · Valladolid International Film Festival
November 6, 2015 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 16, 2015 · Premiere · London International Film Festival
April 8, 2016 · Theatrical
August 8, 2016 · Physical
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