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Directed by. Roland Joffe. One day a surgeon named Max Lowe walks away from the operating theater and Houston and everything his life stands for. He's dropping out, and maybe in some kind of leftover '60s reflex he decides to travel to Calcutta. He hopes to disappear into the sea of humanity, I guess, and find himself, or peace, or tranquility ...
Dec 24, 2015 · On paper, David O. Russell’s new film, “Joy,” looks perfectly straightforward, even square. It’s a bootstrap-capitalist fable, a tale of adversity overcome and rags exchanged for riches, a ...
- David O. Russell
- A.O. Scott
- 124 min
May 9, 2024 · In a Violent Nature. NYT Critic’s Pick. Not Rated. Drama, Horror, Thriller. Directed by Chris Nash. Chris Nash’s ultraviolent horror movie is an unexpectedly serene, almost dreamlike ...
Jul 6, 2023 · But this applies to all of the central quartet, who so effectively take advantage of the movie’s many opportunities to shine. With “Joy Ride,” summer has truly arrived. Joy Ride. Rated R for ...
- 95 min
- Elisabeth Vincentelli
Apr 17, 1992 · City of Joy: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Pauline Collins, Shabana Azmi. An American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.
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- Drama
- Roland Joffé
- 1992-04-17
City of Joy (released in the Philippines as Raging Inferno) is a 1992 drama film directed by Roland Joffé, with a screenplay by Mark Medoff. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Dominique Lapierre, which looks at poverty in then-modern India, specifically life in the slums. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri and ...
CITY OF JOY is based on a fine book of the same name by Dominique Lapierre, which shapes real-life drama and the semi-fictional, the epic and the intimate, into a mosaic relevant to our times.
