I didn't had this movie on my radar of Palm d'Or winners watchlist. It's good; nothing special, but good, in the way of "A Prophet", but little less

This film is extremely good 👍🏼

When three strangers, a man, woman and child, are thrust together to create a makeshift family to escape the Sri Lankan civil war, they find themselves in a new land with new challenges. The three Tamils, free of Sinhalese aggression, find themselves trying to adapt to life in France, struggling with language, culture, and the drug wars that rage in their community. Dheepan is a tough and gritty film about the refugee experience, filled with subtle but powerful insights into adaptation and assimilation, featuring strong performances from the three lead actors and a vibe that feels real. Unfortunately, the narrative structure shifts dramatically over the last half hour and the film morphs from an intimate family drama into a violent action movie, most of which feels disingenuous.

Almost good until last 10 minutes which is a bit too cinematic plot. The film suddenly changes from drama to action where the protagonist becomes a surreal hero. Not realistic.

The acting was pretty good and the concept was compelling. However, the plot was very disjointed, it was hard to connect to the characters and tbh the cinematography was trash. I wish audiard didn't release it cuz the story seems pretty tone deaf. anyways, overall I would never recommend this movie cuz there are better stories out there.

Beautiful to watch, heartbreaking to see.

Richard Stanton 28 November at 10:07 · At the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, a Tamil fighter poses as a father and husband to 2 refugees he does not know with the intention of escaping and starting a new life in France. What follows is a story of survival as this newly formed family struggle to find work, adapt to their fake family life, learn the language and fit in to what turns out to be a crime ridden and pretty grim district of Paris. It was a well acted film and a brutally honest depiction of what life is like for refugees struggling to find a new home. Some have criticised the ending of the film as unrealistic as the family find themselves caught up in the violence of the neighbourhood in which they live but considering the soldier's background I don't think it would unrealistic to believe he would want to protect what he had built in his new home.

A complex refugee story that turns into a thriller towards the end. Thought provoking about refugees and the identities they assume.

A stirring urge to empathy in a masterful package.

With great camera work and subtle direction, 'Dheepan' is slow-burning drama/thriller that tells the story of a trio of immigrants from a worn-torn Sri Lanka trying to escape their pasts and make their home in a world completely unknown to them: a block of apartments, run by a gang, somewhere in France. Thanks to the particularly impressive performances from the lead actors, the film does a very good job of conveying the whirlwind of emotions and difficulties that refugees have to go through in order to try to fit in, and it does it all with a true sense of realism that is only thrown off by the finale which, although interesting, doesn't fit in with the tone of the rest of film at all.

Heavy but so interesting.

Great movie about immigrants fleeing their home and the struggles they encounter at every turn.

Social Reality palme d'or

What a riveting moving movie about the immigrant experience. On Netfliex, check it out.

Should've been a great movie, made shitty by the last 30 minutes

Far from the home, but the trouble's not over. The renowned French filmmaker, Jacques Audiard back with this new sensational film. This time he has chosen to tell us the story of a Sri Lankan Tamil Eelam freedom fighter who had fled to France after the war, followed by his struggles in the new place. The entire film was in Tamil language, but there some French dialogues too. I have been waiting for this, even after I got many opportunities, I had postponed them for some reasons. Finally, I'm very happy for not just got over it, but for the film that has powerful contents to give a peek into the immigrant's lifestyle, I mean not in a pleasant way. Right now it is a huge issue around the world to curb the immigration, especially the illegal ones. But some reasons are really heartbreaking, like in the film 'The Good Lie'. Usually the people like in this story are not welcomed, so they have to lay low and swallow all the troubles they bump into. Sometime the events reflect what happened back in the homeland. In a such way this tale takes place where a civil war fighter, Dheepan, from Lanka lands in France with his fake family of a wife and a daughter named Yalini and Ilayaal respectively. In order to forget the past, he tries his best to start over a new life. Since he did not come wealth, he had to adapt whatever life offered to survive and to protect his family. Knowing living on the edge of the fire, they were left alone, but how long, because the fire flame always catches the vulnerable objects around it. So what comes later is the finale with a twist and to follow the end credits. I have seen many films about what this film was focused on, but this was somewhat different, mainly because of people from the culture of less known geographical area. I can understand Tamil, but I found hard to get this Sri Lankan Tamil lines. There were films about Sri Lankan refugees, those films like 'Nandha', 'Kannathil Muthamittal' are different kinds. Maybe this is the first western film to dig on Lankan Eelam topic, especially after the end of civil war and far away from the home. Though it does not take a side, except opening scene, the rest of the film is set in France. "Sometimes, they say things and laugh. I understand all the word, but they don't sound funny" They have got a simple storyline, but developed to its best. The progression becomes stronger, particularly when it reaches the final stage. I think the filmmakers did a good research, especially the cultural differences to highlight. That's the most of the film concentrated to only on the one perspective, but the threats what people like them face was also brought into the narration. Like caught between the two worlds and culture, and to defend themselves, to do what has to be done. Very realistic approach, but the question is do the things like this happen in real, especially in France? If you like Jacques Audiard films, then you should not miss it at all. These main actors are kind of new in front of the camera and they were amazing. Technically as well the film sounds good, but as I had heard, the filmmakers were hurried to finish it off when the Cannes Film Festival was around the corner. I think they have managed everything properly, and you would too appreciate the effort once you watch it. It went to numerous film festivals and won some awards that includes Palme d'Or at Cannes. Kind of must see by the director's fans, even if you are not a fan, it is still worth a watch. Because you won't get another this or seen before. Even if you did, the cast wasn't the familiar one. That's the big difference here. The film has a message like, what one must be doing in his second chance of life. There are violences, feels strong, though the effects are raw, not the events or the scenes. Definitely not a masterpiece, but still I would recommend it for the adults. 8/10

This movie goes in some interesting and unexpected directions. Don't fuck with a Tamil Tiger.

Some of the cinematography is breathtaking. It needs to be viewed as a thriller, not a docu-drama.

Nothing really happened. How this won the Palme d'or i will never know.

Dheepan is a tightly wound, well paced look into the life of an immigrant family in Europe. In many ways it is a simple film, but it is all the more effective for its simplicity. To his credit, director Jaques Audiard had taken a step back and let the performances of his actors carry the story's emotional weight. It is hard to not get caught up in their plight.