Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the latest film from acclaimed director Jacques Audiard (Read My Lips - SFFF 2002 and this year, The Beat That My Heart Skipped - SFFF 2005, A Prophet, Rust and Bone) is a gripping, human tale of survival about a Sri Lankan man who continues to face violence and threats once in France.

On the losing side of a civil war in Sri Lanka, a Tamil soldier (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) poses as the husband and father of two other refugees in order to escape their ravaged homeland. Arriving in France, the makeshift “family” sets about establishing a new life—only to find themselves once again embroiled in violence on the mean streets of Paris. A heartrending saga of three strangers united by circumstance and struggle, Dheepan is both a tour-de-force thriller and a powerful depiction of the immigrant experience.
Don't miss the very special anniversary screening of Read My Lips, Jacques Audiard's third feature film that opened the 1st Sacramento French Film Festival back on Friday, July 12, 2002. This year it kicks off our first weekend, showing at 11am on June 18.

Shown with Estate by Ronny Trocker