Released all around the UK on 8 April
Dheepan is a film about a sadly topical subject: three Sri Lankan refugees who don't know each other are on their way to France to build a new life. The French director Jacques Audiard is back with his seventh feature, showing the culture shock migrants must overcome when they arrive in Europe. It is a powerful war film and love story with non-professional but incredible actors. FranceInLondon gives you 4 good reasons to see Dheepan, in cinemas in the UK on 8 April.
Released in the UK on 8 April
Following a terrible and mysterious accident, John (Paul Higgins) and Karen (Kate Dickie) find refuge in the forest, in the middle of the French Pyrenees. Living a feral existence, they survive by hunting and live in a rudimentary hut. Karen never gets out of her hole, the only place in which she feels relatively safe and her muscles are so numbed by months of inactivity that she can barely stand. An incident leads John to meet André (Jérôme Kircher), an old neighbour living in the nearby village. Through this nascent friendship, John slowly renews contact with normal life, which progressively takes him away from his wife, cloistered in the pain of her mental trauma. As for André, his concern about the Scottish couple may not be completely selfless.