Is this realistic? Do such places exist in France?

They do; that's the scariest thing about the film. Kudos to Audiard for not telling the usual fairy tales about immigration.

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Like where?

U should look at this place as if it was all Europe, or like a fake Varsovie ghetto around second world war... It may not be a complete imaginative place, but it is made so that u ask ur self more about... What is this ? It's surrounded by armies, for sure : u guess why. Morons have only one way to live and justify them self, its aggression, fake language, cars, baseball bates, guns, truck of money, armies and... sunglasses. And they nerver hide themselves. Their base is in... guess !

Are you an idiot by any chance? The reason we do not see these places, is that any sane, White individual would not go near such hell holes. Wake up out of your fantasy world. Such places do exist.

Do you really need to insult someone you know nothing about for a question like that? Calm down!

I would distinguish between mere bad neighbourhoods and outright no-go areas. Most British cities, for example,have dangerous and intimidating neighbourhoods, and gang culture is a growing problem. Even in my town there are places I would never willingly enter alone after dark.

But if we're talking about neighbourhoods that have been completely abandoned by the police, and where the gangs are literally allowed to run the place, setting up roadblocks and frisking people as they enter, then this is a completely unfamiliar phenomenon to me. I had heard of French cities having "no-go areas" but I always assumed it was an exaggeration. So, perhaps "Dheepan" reflects realities on the ground - I'm not in a position to judge - but it sounds credible that where you have the combination of high long-term unemployment, the poor and minorities being allocated to remote peripheral housing projects, and over-stretched law enforcement agencies, then this shocking situation could develop.

Yeah that makes total sense because Europe has never had any right wing governments. Also I've lived in London for 20 years including areas with not great reputations and I have never seen anywhere even vaguely like the place in this film.

The movie La Haine depicts areas in France where there is animosity and discord between the police and the residents. The complex in this film reminded me of that.

You can't be more horrific than life itself. - Francis Bacon

Thank you for educating these morons. Fools who never venture out of their rich, White, suburbs, and believe places like this only exist in films.

Karl Self
No. At least, I've never seen anything remotely as bad as the Parisian suburb Pré depicted in this movie. I mean, Pré makes Sarajevo during the war look like a mountain resort in Switzerland.