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Some films have a powerful hook right from the start. Dheepan is one of them, opening with a scene of confusion, hunger, poverty, pain, and children crying over a deceased relative. There is a lot of movement as people flee, running to escape a country at war. It is their last chance for a better life, which is why there is desperation. Three people come together: a young woman who sees a girl crying over a dead body and takes her away by force, while a man, our protagonist Dheepan, is trying to escape, but they would hardly let him leave alone. He needs a plan and a change of identity, as he was involved in paramilitary activities, so joining this woman and girl could be his way out to another country.
The plan worked. They changed their names and pretended to be a family: the father, the mother and their daughter. They left their country, Sri Lanka, and took refuge in France, where, as immigrants, they had to adapt to everything. Without knowing the language and pretending to be someone they are not, they managed to get by during the first few months.
This film has a slow pace. Several minutes can go by without anything interesting happening, just a family adapting to a new country and getting to know each other at the same time, each one mourning in silence. Dheepan takes his role seriously, gets a job and does what he can to support the household, but his wife does not want to take on the role of mother or homemaker, as she feels that she does not belong and that this is not her life. She does not want to cook, let alone look after a child who is not her real daughter. It served her purpose at the time and she felt she had no obligation.
The immaturity of Dheepan's wife and mother angered me, but I also identified with her. She was young, she was suffering, and she thought that leaving everything behind would give her a happy life, but that was not the case. On the other hand, the girl is depressed and needs a mother's love, even if it's fake. At school, she is looked down upon and always has to beg for a little affection from her adoptive mother.
Deep down, as a viewer, I wanted them to be a real family. Dheepan felt tired and lonely, sometimes missing his partner, and this woman also wanted to be loved, but by another man. I don't know why we women have to complicate our lives, heh heh heh, when she had a good husband there. Just when everything was getting better, it got complicated, and that's where the action begins. The drama continues, and it's not a film with a happy ending.
The message I take away from this film is that we are all social beings, we need a family to be strong in the face of adversity, to feel loved, supported and understood is as important as our daily bread. It is a story of drama and resilience. If you are an immigrant, you will surely identify with it, and if you haven't seen it, get ready to cry.
Hay pelรญculas que tienen un fuerte gancho en su inicio Dheepan es una de ellas, inicia con una escena donde sรฉ ve confusiรณn, hambre, pobreza, dolor, niรฑos solos llorando sobre algรบn familiar fallecido. Hay mucho movimiento y es que la gente huye, corre para salir de un paรญs en guerra. Es su รบltima oportunidad de tener una vida mejor, por eso hay desesperaciรณn y en eso se unen tres personas, una mujer joven que mira a una niรฑa llorando sobre un cadรกver y se la lleva a la fuerza mientras un hombre nuestro protagonista Dheepan estรก intentando huir, pero difรญcilmente lo dejarรญan salir solo, necesita un plan y cambiar de identidad, ya que estuvo relacionado con el ejercicio paramilitar, por lo que unirse a esta mujer y una niรฑa puede ser la salida a otro paรญs.
El plan funcionรณ, se cambiaron de nombres y se hicieron pasar por familia, el padre, la madre y su hija. Salieron de su paรญs Sri Lanka y se refugiaron en Francia dรณnde como emigrantes tuvieron que adaptarse a todo, sin conocer el idioma y fingiendo ser quienes no son, salieron adelante los primeros meses.
Esta pelรญcula tiene un ritmo lento, pueden pasar varios minutos y no pasar nada interesante, solo una familia adaptรกndose a un nuevo paรญs y conociรฉndose a la vez, cada uno sufriendo su duelo en silencio. Dheepan asume su rol con responsabilidad consigue trabajo y hace lo que puede para mantener el hogar, pero la mujer no quiere asumir el rol de madre ni de encargada de la casa, pues siente que no pertenece y esa no es su vida, no quiere cocinar, mucho menos atender una niรฑa que no es su verdadera hija, le sirviรณ en su momento y pensรณ que no tenรญa obligaciรณn alguna.
La falta de madurez de la mujer y esposa de Dheepan me enojรณ, pero tambiรฉn me senti identificada, era joven sufrรญa y se suponรญa que dejar todo atrรกs le darรญa una vida feliz y no fue asรญ. Por otra parte, la niรฑa se deprime y necesita el cariรฑo de una madre, asรญ sea de mentira, en el colegio la miran mal y siempre tiene que mendigar un poco de afecto de parte de su madre adoptiva.
En el fondo como espectadora querรญa que fueran una familia de verdad, Deepan se sentรญa cansado y solo a veces deseaba a su compaรฑera, y esta mujer tambiรฉn querรญa ser amada pero por otro hombre. No sรฉ por quรฉ las mujeres tenemos que complicarnos la vida je, je, je, si allรญ tenรญa a un buen esposo. Cuando todo estaba mejorando se complicรณ y es allรญ dรณnde comienza la acciรณn, el drama continรบa y no es una pelรญcula con un final feliz.
De esta pelรญcula me llevo el mensaje de que todos somos seres sociables, necesitamos a una familia para ser fuerte ante la adversidad, sentirse amado, con apoyo y comprensiรณn es tan importante como el pan de cada dรญa. Es una historia de drama y resiliencia, si eres emigrante seguro te identificarรกs y si no las has visto prepรกrate para llorar.
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