The 2015 Cannes Film Festival jury shocked everyone when they awarded Jacques Audiard the Palme d’Or for his social realist drama turned hyper-violent thriller, Dheepan. This decision was met with very mixed reactions on social media. People seemed to be confused about why…

Eli Hayes

To address the elephant in the room: No, “Dheepan“ probably shouldn't have won the Palme d'Or at last year's Cannes Film Festival. An understandably controversial choice at the time, it wasn't even the festival's best feature about the psychic perils of migrating into…

davidehrlich

Dheepan tells an absorbing immigrant story with a refreshing premise -- three strangers pretend to be a family in order to escape a war-torn Sri Lanka for a new start in France, only to be embroiled in even more heartbreaks and turmoil. It's a tale of extreme pessimist…

nick

I love the script in some parts but hate it in the others. Love the score in some scenes, but hate it in others. Loved the acting… throughout the whole film, thankfully, but my point overall is that this is a very imbalanced and unfocused film, and I think a lot of it comes…

Cobrainwater ✄

i thought the first half was really strong and i liked the dynamic between the three main characters a lot but it ended up feeling a little messy and kinda lost me towards the end unfortunately

˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗

Why was there a "Wilhelm scream" in the middle of the brutal climax?

Maxwell Alexander

50/100 [Originally written as part of my Day Nine dispatch from Cannes '15 for The Dissolve.] Finally, I was able to catch up with Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, which had its press screening very early on the morning after I stayed up late watching Gaspar Noé’s Love.…

Mike D'Angelo

Winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Dheepan may not be as strong a cinema as past few recipients of the same honour but it nonetheless succeeds as an engrossing, absorbing & reflective drama that illustrates the plight of immigrants with…

CC

Not at all what I expected but it’s always nice to be pleasantly surprised. The story about these refugees is pretty gripping from the beginning and the cold, stern tone grabs you and doesn’t let up. I really enjoyed the slow buildup to the very unexpected finale and as…

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