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Dheepan

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In order to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka, former soldier Dheepan, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family to flee to France to take a fresh chance at life. 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.
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Irish Times
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August 08, 2016

Engaging enough for the duration but muddled and ill-conceived.
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Sunday Times (UK)
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December 18, 2016

The rich, well-acted drama doesn't gain much from an awkward shift into violent gangster-related action. Still, Audiard stages the urban warfare with his usual muscular flair, and this is a film that keeps hold of your attention.
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Boston Globe
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June 09, 2016

A Jacques Audiard movie looks deceptively naturalistic, but it's as tightly coiled as a thriller and it hides allegories. Despite a controversial left-hand turn in the final moments, "Dheepan" is no exception.
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Washington Post
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June 09, 2016

Like the best fiction, it takes the most incomprehensible stories of our time and makes them hauntingly, inescapably clear.
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Daily Star
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January 01, 2017

Hard-hitting, beautifully shot and wonderfully acted.
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Detroit News
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June 17, 2016

The film simmers and builds until it boils over in an explosive climax. And it shows how far people will go just to be able to cling to some semblance of hope.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
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December 11, 2016

Terrific right up until a point near the end where it becomes kind of actively terrible in a really bold, gaudy way.
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Arizona Republic
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June 02, 2016

For three-quarters of its running time, "Dheepan" feels like something special.
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Common Sense Media
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November 08, 2016

Powerful, violent movie about three Sri Lankan refugees.
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San Diego Reader
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June 10, 2016

Shooting on actual locations and with a cast of nonprofessional actors, writer-director Jacques Audiard keeps the neorealism pumping until a third act concession to conventionality (and vigilantism) leads it in the direction of Cannon Pictures.
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February 18, 2017

Dheepan should be a work of social-realism that helps us understand their plight, but only in the small moments does it feel the sum of its humanist intentions.
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