directed by: Jacques Audiard, year: 2015
actors: Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan

Dheepan follows a Tamil fighter who flees civil conflict with a wife and daughter, adopting a new life as a caregiver in a rough Paris suburb. The family’s fragile disguise tests under poverty, mistrust, and escalating violence as they navigate a hostile system. Audiard crafts an intimate, relentless panorama of immigration, loyalty, and survival, pairing painstaking realism with moments of stark, improvisational tension that linger after the final frame.

Refugees, Drama, Thriller, Social Realism, Immigration, French Cinema