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Dheepan (2015)

Film
DirectorJacques Audiard
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Form & technique
  • The film's narrative shift in the final act from social drama to violent thriller.
  • The film's final scene depicting the family happily settled in England.
Tropes
  • The refugees' social and legal status within the Le Pré housing project. → The Stripped Citizen
  • The central trio's formation of a makeshift family unit.
  • Dheepan's identity as a former Tamil Tiger soldier.
  • The Le Pré housing project as a unique social and physical space. → The Counter-Space
  • Dheepan's climactic, hyper-violent rampage against the drug dealers.
  • The characters' use of Tamil and their struggles with the French language.

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