City of Joy (1992)

Directed by

Roland Joffé

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 161 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor and a young woman work to help impoverished people living in a slum in India. They face harsh conditions and corruption as they try to build a better life for the community.

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What happens

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 Shabana Azmi. The film was the second collaboration between Joffé and costume designer Judy Moorcroft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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