# Dheepan (2015)

> A displaced Tamil fighter fabricates a family in France, only to find that building a peaceful home demands confronting the violence he fled.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/195928

## Facts

- Runtime: 115 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Director: Jacques Audiard
- Cast: Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers, Marc Zinga, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Bass Dhem, Franck Falise
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082068/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: brooding, tense, compassionate, serious film night, arthouse cinema night

## Synopsis

A gripping tale of survival and identity in the face of violence and trauma.

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