Dheepan

Are those your children?

Yes.

- Do you any parents?

- Yes, over there.

Is this your daughter?

Do you have a mother?

Is she your daughter?

Don't you have a tent?

Do you know anybody here?

Are those your children?

Those two, yes.

She's my niece.

Where's her mother?

She died.

Don't cry and don't say anything.

She's my daughter, she's nine.

It's my daughter.

She's nine.

What do you think?

How old are you?

- 26 years old.

- No, your real age!

26 years old.

You don't look like the photograph.

Gather your hair.

And lose some weight.

Natarajan Dheepan, was 35 years old.

His wife, Yalini, was 24.

His daughter, Illayaal, was 9.

They died 6 months ago.

Now, you are this family.

Is she really your daughter?

Is she a relative?

Do you know her?

No. Why?

Are you going to leave us here?

No, but you'll be in charge.

Do you understand?

Where do we take the plane?

In Madras.

Where are we going?

England?

We're not going to England.

Where then?

France.

The first group, move forward!

Hurry up, first boat!

The others, second boat!

Move!

Hurry up!

Cheap, two euros.

Good evening.

Two euros.

You can't be here.

Move on.

Good evening, madam.

Two euros.

Cheap.

Lighters.

Two euros.

Key chains.

Two euros, madam.

Dheepan, cops!

Let's go, quickly!

Sh*t, I can't make it.

Get up.

Have any money?

In my jacket.

Close the shutters.

Nine. Years.

Nine years.

Nine years.

First floor, sir.

The Mouradia family.

The Natarajan family.

The Natarajan family?

The Moussayef family.

Go away, we need to talk.

It's not going to work.

They'll realize we are lying.

What you propose?

I'm tired of waiting.

I'll go to England, to my cousin.

With the girl?

Why should I take her?

You found her, you keep her.

Can you tell me why and how

you left Sri Lanka?

I was working for an NGO.

I was a journalist and peace

activist.

The Sri Lankan government

accused me of...

I know your story.

The one about you being

a peace activist.

Was it your coyote that fed you

that story?

Which group did you fight for

during the war?

What about you?

What's happening?

Can you please translate?

It's a little confusing,

I don't understand very well.

What's your real name?

Sivadhasan.

What does Sivadhasan mean?

It's the name of a town

north of Sri Lanka.

I thought you were dead.

Is your family still there?

They're all dead.

What do I say to him?

Say that the Tigers recruited

you by force,

that the Sri Lanka army

captured and tortured you

and that they tried to kill you.

The army was searching for me.

They tortured me and tried

to kill me.

The army captured him, they accused

him to have fought for the Tigers

- and they tortured him.

- All right.

How old is the girl?

Are you sure this is the right train?

What does Le Pr mean?

Le Pr, what does it mean?

It's where we'll live.

What does it mean?

Meadow, pastures.

The employment agency told me you

were going to arrive much later.

I haven't opened the apartment yet.

My name is Youssouf.

I will see to it that you

get electricity.

Hey, this way!

Come, I'll show you the apartment.

Will I have my own bedroom?

The faucet for hot and cold

water are reversed.

I don't know.

We'll see about it later.

But it doesn't matter.

You'll need some drapes.

Is this all you have?

No furniture?

Maybe you'll find

some in the basement.

Is anybody there?

Over here, it's housekeeping.

Your job.

People come to get their mail here.

We can't use the mailboxes

because of stealing.

You'll have to sort the mail.

All right? Do you understand, yes?

You'll have to sort everything,

right?

Do you understand french?

OK then, this

is to keep a record of

your expenses, OK?

Everything that you spend.

Try to translate what he says.

Let me know what you need.

Rags, brooms, whatever.

He talks very fast,

I don't understand

It doesn't matter.

Ask him if the water is OK.

- Is the water OK?

- Cmo?

- Can we drink the water?

- Of course, this is your home.

These buildings are A, B, C, D

and those over there E, F, G, H.

E, F, G, H were under construction

but they're finished now.

Anyway, you'll only deal

with A, B, C and D.

The others, not your problem.

You can do what you like

in the courtyard.

- This is the new housekeeper.

- Good morning.

Hi, boys. This is the new housekeeper.

Wait a second. Everything OK?

Is he talking about us?

No.

OK, come in.

- Hi, how's things?

- Everything OK, what about you?

He's the new housekeeper,

I'm showing him around.

They occupy building D

and they're not always around.

You'll have to wait until they leave

to do the cleaning.

Tell him.

They're out between 7;OO and 11:00 am,

then it is OK to clean.

From 7:
00 to 11:00 am, you get it?

The milk, the honey, the sugar

and the lentils...

these foods I offer to you,

Oh, God with the elephant head,

pure as diamonds...

give me the Tamil of the three Sangam.

Oh, God Ganesh...

keep us safe...

and help us so everything

will be all right here.

Come and eat.

Here.

Take a spoon.

You can eat with your fingers.

Tomorrow, at school, she'll

need to eat with a spoon.

I can't find my school pouch.

Go to bed.

Do you have a pillow?

You're a girl.

You don't need one.

I'll sleep over there.

Move further.

He's the new housekeeper

and she's Illayaal.

Does she speak a little french?

A little.

Did she go to school in Sri Lanka?

No?

Why?

- It burned down.

- Your school?

It burned down?

Why did it burn down?

What does she say?

Who burned down the school?

- How do you say government?

- Government.

The government?

The government burned down the school?

OK.

She'll join the UP2A.

It's a special class so

she can learn french.

Do you understand?

It's a special class.

Do you have any more questions?

They ask about a lot.

Who burn down the school,

why, how?.

Everybody burn down schools.

Why do you say that?

I don't want to!

I want to stay with you!

Don't leave me!

Look at me.

The three of us have a secret.

I don't want to go.

Don't forget it.

We, the grownups, have to work.

And you

have to go to school

and learn french.

You need to speak the language

with the other children.

Otherwise, we'll have to

go back to Sri Lanka.

Do you want to go back there?

Do you?

Me neither.

Look at me.

Are you going back to school?

Get up.

Let's go, let's go.

Zaoui.

Building B.

Z.

Samir Ben Cherif S.

Take these, try it.

Sort them.

Harek.

D...

It's easy.

I don't know them.

Can you ask Youssouf?

What's he going to think if

we bother him all the time?

Each one has a slot.

People knock on the door,

you open it.

They take their mail and that's it.

And then?

What do I say to them?

What do you want to say?

Good day. Thank you.

I'm the housekeeper.

You introduce yourself,

you act nice and that's it.

Dheepan!

I'm here.

- Come!

- Why?

Come, quickly!

What is it?

My name is Aziz,

I live in Building A, upstairs.

I'm Mourad, from B.

It's all right,

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