City of Joy

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Rating

PG-13

Author

Mark Medoff (screenplay), Dominique Lapierre (novel);

Length

134 min

Director

Roland Joffe

Synopsis

"An American doctor, a British nurse and an illiterate Indian farmer join together to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins." [Amazon Prime Video] "City of Joy is a 1992 French-British 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, Om Puri and Shabana Azmi." [Wikipedia]

Genre

Historical

Released

1992

Location

India

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