DHEEPAN

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Fri, May 13, 2016 12:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Fri, May 13, 2016 2:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Fri, May 13, 2016 5:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Fri, May 13, 2016 7:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Fri, May 13, 2016 10:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, May 14, 2016 1:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, May 14, 2016 3:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, May 14, 2016 6:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sat, May 14, 2016 9:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Sun, May 15, 2016 2:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, May 15, 2016 3:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, May 15, 2016 6:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Sun, May 15, 2016 8:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Mon, May 16, 2016 12:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Mon, May 16, 2016 3:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Mon, May 16, 2016 6:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Mon, May 16, 2016 8:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Tue, May 17, 2016 12:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Tue, May 17, 2016 3:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Tue, May 17, 2016 6:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Tue, May 17, 2016 8:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Wed, May 18, 2016 12:20 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Wed, May 18, 2016 3:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Wed, May 18, 2016 6:10 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Wed, May 18, 2016 8:50 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Thu, May 19, 2016 12:30 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Thu, May 19, 2016 3:00 PM
Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 3 Thu, May 19, 2016 6:10 PM

Description

DHEEPAN
Winner Palme d’Or 2015 Cannes Film Festival

This powerful drama from director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust & Bone) follows a former child soldier as he flees from the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war to begin a new life in a Parisian suburb

Inspired by Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, Dheepan was winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or (Best Film), and nominated for several Cesar Awards. Tamil Tiger, Sivadhasan, played by former child soldier Anthonythasan Jesuthasan is followed from the last days of the Sri Lankan Civil War. After the armed conflict resolves, his side loses, and he is forced to move to a refugee camp. There he decides to move to France to take a fresh chance at life. However, in order to secure political asylum, he requires a convincing cover story. He is given the passport of a dead man, Dheepan, and pairs with people he barely knows posing as his family. Along with his supposed wife, Yalini, and his supposed 9-year-old daughter, Illayaal, they get on a ship bound for Paris. Upon arrival, he lands a job as a resident caretaker and starts building a new life in a housing project in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, a northeastern suburb of Paris, which turns out to be another conflict zone for him. (France, 2015, 115 min., Tamil, French, & English, R, DCP | Dir. Jacques Audiard | Cannes Film Festival)