This Sunday, the Alliance Française-Michigan Capital Area Chapter will bring the Palme D’Or-winning film “Dheepan” to Studio C! in Okemos. It’s part of the group’s new Film Series, and will be followed by a discussion in the theater’s restaurant area.
“It’s an incredible film, and I’m eager to see what the other viewers have to say,” says series co-coordinator Ellen Sullivan. “It was a pretty controversial movie when it won at Cannes, but I think it has a lot of messages that are relevant right now.”
“Dheepan” is about a Sri Lankan soldier who poses as the husband and father of two other refugees so they can all 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. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Jacques Audiard (“Rust and Bone”), “Dheepan” is in French and Tamil with English subtitles.
The film will play at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13 at Studio C!, 1999 Central Park Drive in Okemos, just north of Meridian Mall. For more information, please contact Ellen Sullivan at (517) 484-7417.