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Jan 30, 2021yesbyedith rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
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Oct 15, 2020
Dheepan is a great film but the dvd is badly damaged and needs to be replaced
Jun 11, 2020lindy919 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
. Very good. .
Feb 22, 2020originaladream rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The secret to success in life is man, child, and wife. When a former soldier sets out to begin life anew, he finds himself living amidst another war. When his life is threatened, he takes it lightly. When his wife's life is…
Sep 08, 2019Punnoval rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Jacques Audiard has a habit of turning gritty social realism into Hollywood-type schlock (why hasn't he moved there yet?) Here, a trio of Tamil refugees escape Sri Lanka and land in a Paris slum (somewhat similar to the Baltimore slums in…
Jun 19, 2019lukasevansherman rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
"There are not many new European movies that take on the point of view of the outsider like this, with an air of seething apprehension."-Michael Atkinson Extraordinary and intense 2015 French film that one the Palme d'Or. As far as I know,…
Jun 02, 2018
First Jacques Audiard film I've seen and relieved that it wasn't the 'typical immigrant story' with scenes of pain and suffering galore. Found it very subtle, beautifully compelling and the ending unexpected but well worth watching.
Feb 06, 2018JOSHUA D WALKER rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
If you've seen Jacques Audiard's A Prophet, you'll know he has an uncanny knack for portraying genuine human experience. I don't think I've ever felt so in the shoes of an immigrant as here; in the same way that Prophet was the most…
Sep 11, 2017nellybells rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Another immigrant story in France by a master film maker. Jacques Audiard has made two of my MOST favorite movies - Read My Lips and A Prophet. In Dheepan there are 3 main characters who come together at a refugee camp and get fake…
Sep 06, 2017MICHAEL TAGGART MALONEY rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, DHEEPAN tells the story of a Tamil Tiger soldier who flees the killing fields of Sri Lanka with a woman and a little girl posing as his wife and child for refuge in France only…
Jul 22, 2017elsiecat rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very interesting film. I like Audiard's films including A Prophet, so thought this one would be good too. It did not disappoint. He showed the situation of Sri Lankan refugees in a Parisian suburban housing development. Audiard gives a…
Jul 06, 2017graybear1 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Thought provoking. Better than many of the higher-rated French films we've seen in the past few years.
Jun 24, 2017voisjoe1_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
During the deadly Sri Lankan Civil War, a man, woman, and child pretend to be a family in order to seek visas to become refugees in France. Once they get there, they find that they don't really know how to treat each other as "family." And…
May 22, 2017smokee_1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Supplemental interview with lead actor is interesting, educational, powerful - like the movie.
Apr 16, 2017thornhill_star rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Director has done a great job in portraying a realistic picture of human beings caught in the painful experience of immigrating to a new environment. One jungle to another. One death trap to another. Good performance from rookie actors…
Apr 11, 2017ms_mustard rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
it takes the same survival skills to live in a Paris area housing project as it took to survive the war in Sri Lanka. a family of convenience becomes a family of caring through shared survival experiences. I like Dheepan better than…
Mar 10, 2017
It was a pretty good show but there is a prety big leap at the end as to how they could have gotten to England after the big battle where the gangsters are killed. Some viewers suppose that the ending in England may have been a dream…
Feb 12, 2017BraveNOTPerfect rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a story about immigration, fitting in, trying to forget old and accept new, and dealing with violence again, just in different form. What do you do? You take action, you fight....Over all this is nicely done movie coming from…
Feb 08, 2017uncommonreader rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a film about the grim experience of Tamil refugees in France. The ending is open to interpretation.
Oct 14, 2016Vivica rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A well done movie that draws you in and never lets you go. It makes you care about the protagonists from the very start - well crafted & acted & very timely. French with English subtitles.