“Dheepan” by director Jacques Audiard has won the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.<br /><br /> The film tells the tale of Tamil refugees from the civil war in Sri Lanka as they try to build a new life on a violent housing estate in France.<br /><br /> The surprise announcement was made at the end of the final awards ceremony following the decision by the jury which was headed by filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.<br /><br /> “I’m very moved. Winning a prize from the Coen brothers is something that is exceptional,” Audiard, who has won two smaller Cannes awards in the past, told the closing ceremony. “I’m thinking of my father.”<br /><br /> Jacques Audiard’s DHEEPAN wins #Cannes Palme d’Or. The Variety review: http://t.co/t6JuoPwzT7— Variety (Variety) May 24, 2015<br /><br /> Audiard’s film “Rust and Bone” had been a challenger for the Palme d’Or in 2012.<br /><br /> László Nemes had been tipped as a Palme d’Or winner this year. In the end the first-time filmmaker from Hungary took the second prize, the Grand Prix, fo
