Movie
1992
City of Joy 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 Shabana Azmi. The film was the second collaboration between Joffé and costume designer Judy Moorcroft.
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The most successful films in filmography of British director Roland Joffé – *The Killing Fields* and *Mission* - were epic dramas set in Third World countries. Another film that used similar formula, 1992 drama *City of Joy*, failed to repeat such success. The film is based on the eponymous novel by French author Dominique Lapierre. The “City of Joy” is nickname for Calcutta, where the plot takes place and where two…More
