Three people who have lost everything, a soldier tired of fighting, a young woman and a little girl, pose as a family to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka. They emigrate to France and settle in a chaotic neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris, where apparently the law no longer exists; but they, who barely know each other, struggle to survive there, even when the ghosts of war begin to haunt them again.
as Dheepan
as Yalini
as Illayaal
as Brahim
as Youssouf
as Monsieur Habib
as Azziz
as Hall C Guard
as School Principal
as The Lawyer
as The Interpreter
as Colonel Cheran
as The Forger in Sri Lanka
as The Lady on the Stairs
as The Young Woman with M. Habib
as Guard #1
as Guard #2
as Guard #3
as The Pakistani Forger