

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.
Acting
Jesuthasan lived this — former child soldier, no acting school.
Direction
Audiard builds dread like he's stacking grenades.
Sound
Those jungle sounds bleeding into Paris streets.

Director
Jacques Audiard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antonythasan Jesuthasan was an actual LTTE child soldier before becoming a novelist and actor; Dheepan was his first film role.
The film sparked controversy for winning Palme d'Or over Son of Saul, with critics calling it 'poverty tourism' — yet it remains one of the few Cannes winners centered on Sri Lankan Tamil experience.