City of Joy

City of Joy

1992

Farmer Hasari Pal (Om Puri) moves his family to Calcutta to start a new life. Settling in the city's poorest area (the "city of joy"), he finds Texan doctor Max (Patrick Swayze), who has been assaulted and robbed, lying in the street. Hasari takes him to his district, where the homeless and lepers live. Max becomes friends with Hasari and clinic doctor Joan (Pauline Collins), and Hasari gets a job as a rickshaw driver. Max soon plunges into his new life.

True heroism lies in the quality of the struggle.

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Film Detail

Genre
Drama
Length
2 hrs. 15 mins.
US Theatrical Release
April 17, 1992
US Box Office
$14,683,921 (#3856 of 7074)
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
PG-13
Parents Strongly Cautioned
Scenes of Brief Strong Violence

Collection Detail

Release Method
Digital Only
Aquired Format
Movies Anywhere Movies Anywhere
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.85:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
Sony Pictures
Released
April 6, 2004
Acquired Date
March 22, 2024
Times Seen
0 Times
Last Watched
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Actors

Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
Om Puri
Om Puri
Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Ayesha Dharker
Ayesha Dharker
Santu Chowdhury
Santu Chowdhury
Imran Badsah Khan
Imran Badsah Khan
Art Malik
Art Malik
Nabil Shaban
Nabil Shaban

Directors

Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé

Producers

Jake Eberts
Jake Eberts
Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé

Writers

Mark Medoff
Mark Medoff

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Ratings

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RT Rotten
56%
Tomatometer
16 votes
RT Hot
74%
Popcornmeter
156 votes
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IMDb RATING
6.5/10
5,772 votes

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