City of Joy (1992)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.9/10   

Director:

Roland Joffé

Escritores (WGA):

Dominique LaPierre (book)
Mark Medoff (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

15 abril 1992 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

True heroism lies in the quality of the struggle.

Plot:

Hazari Pal lives in a small village in Bihar, India, with his dad, mom, wife, Kamla, daughter, Amrita...

Plot Keywords:

Leper | India | Hope | Protection Racket | Hospital

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Excellent Story - Uplifting Movie!

Reparto

Patrick Swayze	...	Max Lowe
Om Puri	...	Hazari Pal
Pauline Collins	...	Joan Bethel
Shabana Azmi	...	Kamla H. Pal
Ayesha Dharker	...	Amrita H. Pal
Santu Chowdhury	...	Shambu H. Pal
Imran Badsah Khan	...	Manooj H. Pal
Art Malik	...	Ashok Ghatak
Nabil Shaban	...	Anouar
Debatosh Ghosh	...	Ram Chander
Suneeta Sengupta	...	Poomina
Mansi Upadhyay	...	Meeta
Shyamanand Jalan	...	Ghatak - Godfather
Shyamal Sengupta	...	Gangooly - Con man
Rudraprasad Sengupta	...	Chomotkar

También conocida como:

La cité de la joie (France)
La ciudad de la alegría (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

132 min

País:

France | UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | UK:12 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Compañía:

Allied Filmmakers

Trivialidades:

Among the problems that beset the production were fire-bombings, mass demonstrations, media criticism, accusations of murder, a skyrocketing budget that eventually settled at the $27 million mark, and Warner Brothers' 11th hour pullout that nearly bankrupted the producers.

Citas:

Hasari Pal: If the journey is not what you expected, do not be surprised.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (2001) (V)

Excellent Story - Uplifting Movie!

City of Joy is the story of an American Doctor (Patrick Swayze) who runs away from his life and unwittingly lands himself in an entirely different place. Through various actions he ends up helping a woman (Pauline Collins) who tries to help the very poor of Calcutta on a day-to-day basis. City of Joy also contains a story of a farmer (Om Puri) who has lost his farm to the "money lenders" and brings his family to Calcutta to find work so that he can support his family. How all these lives interact is interesting. The poverty and oppression is devastating to see - but worth watching. The story touches your heart and holds your interest throughout the movie.

Patrick Swayze is wonderful in this movie! He is expansive and portrays all of his emotions - anger, frustration, love of friends and joy poignantly! Dirty Dancing, Ghost and City of Joy should have mad Patrick Swayze a serious leading man in the category of Harrison Ford. In later movies you can see his emotions but it is as if the are locked inside his handsome clenched jaws. Nevertheless, Patrick Swayze is a handsome accomplished actor and this film is well worth the watch!