"When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind"

2015

1h 55m

6.9(486 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

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 & Crew

19 members

Acting

Antonythasan Jesuthasan

Dheepan

Acting

Kalieaswari Srinivasan

Yalini

Acting

Claudine Vinasithamby

Illayaal

Acting

Vincent Rottiers

Brahim

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Marc Zinga

Youssouf

Directing

Faouzi Bensaïdi

Monsieur Habib

Acting

Bass Dhem

Azziz

Acting

Franck Falise

Hall C Guard

Acting

Joséphine de Meaux

School Principal

Directing

Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux

The Lawyer

Acting

Nathan Anthonypillai

The Interpreter

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Vasanth Selvam

Colonel Cheran

Acting

Karthik Krishnan

The Forger in Sri Lanka

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Tassadit Mandi

The Lady on the Stairs

Acting

Marie Trichet

The Young Woman with M. Habib

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Sandor Funtek

Guard #1

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Aymen Saïdi

Guard #2

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Soufiane Guerrab

Guard #3

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Eric Douré

The Pakistani Forger

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