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Dheepan

When the war continues to rage in your heart and mind

R 2015 · 115 min · ★ 6.8 · Crime, Drama

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.

Directed by Jacques Audiard · Written by Noé Debré

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