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City of Joy is a french film of genre Drama directed by Roland Joffé released in USA on 15 april 1992 with Patrick Swayze
City of Joy (1992)
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Add to a movie listCity 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, Om Puri and Shabana Azmi.
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Hasari Pal (Om Puri) is a rural farmer who moves to Calcutta with his wife (Shabana Azmi) and three children in search of a better life. The Pals do not get off to a very good start: They are cheated out of their rent money and thrown out on the streets, and it's difficult for Hasari to find a job to support them. But the determined family refuses to give up and eventually finds its place in the poverty-stricken city.Actors
Patrick Swayze
(Max Lowe)
Om Puri
(Hazari Pal)
Shabana Azmi
(Kamla H. Pal)
Art Malik
(Ashok Ghatak)
Pauline Collins
(Joan Bethel)
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