Once again Audiard articulates big themes within a mosaic of everyday struggles. A painful yet rewarding tale of social strife and uplifting resilience.
A searing and brilliant film is only partly undermined by its wildly improbable, action movie style ending.
An 11th-hour shift into violent Death Wish territory sits uncomfortably with what has gone before but Dheepan remains a compelling and timely story.
It’s a virtuoso piece of filmmaking, the seamless switch in styles simultaneously challenging the insular storytelling conventions of both mainstream and arthouse cinema alike.
Jacques Audiard’s bold tale of Tamil refugees attempting to make a new life in a Paris banlieue is let down only by a jarring conclusion.
Dheepan: the Parisian banlieue on film and the bonds of isolation.
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