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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 91% of the 1,578 2010s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic76/100
535 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques AudiardDirector
- Jacques AudiardScreenplay
- Thomas BidegainScreenplay
- Noé DebréScreenplay
- Nicolas JaarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Antonythasan JesuthasanDheepan
- Kalieaswari SrinivasanYalini
- Claudine VinasithambyIllayaal
- Vincent RottiersBrahim
- Marc ZingaYoussouf
- Faouzi BensaïdiMonsieur Habib
- Bass DhemAzziz
- Franck FaliseHall C Guard
- Joséphine de MeauxSchool Principal
- Jean-Baptiste PouillouxThe Lawyer
- Nathan AnthonypillaiThe Interpreter
- Vasanth SelvamColonel Cheran
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Themes
paris, francefreedom fightersri lankasocial realismdrug gangwar refugeesdangerous neighborhood
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