Dheepan
Dheepan is a 2015 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Audiard and co-written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, and Noé Debré. The film was partly inspired by Montesquieu's Persian Letters, as well as the 1971 film Straw Dogs, with guidance from Antonythasan Jesuthasan, who stars as the title character.
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| Directed by | Jacques Audiard |
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| Story by | Jacques Audiard Antonythasan Jesuthasan (uncredited) |
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| Starring | Antonythasan Jesuthasan |
| Cinematography | Eponine Momenceau |
| Edited by | Juliette Welfling |
| Music by | Nicolas Jaar |
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| Distributed by | UGC Distribution |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | France |
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| Budget | €8 million |
| Box office | $4.9 million |
The film tells the story of three Tamil refugees who flee the civil war-ravaged Sri Lanka and come to France, in the hope of reconstructing their lives. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It was later shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
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