Drama · France · 1992 · 2h 12m

City of Joy

City of Joy poster
Director
Roland Joffé
Cast
Patrick Swayze as Max Lowe Om Puri as Hazari Pal Pauline Collins as Joan Bethel Shabana Azmi as Kamla H. Pal Ayesha Dharker as Amrita H. Pal Art Malik as Ashok Ghatak
Crew
Peter Biziou — Director of Photography Gerry Hambling — Editor Hervé de Luze — Editor Ennio Morricone — Original Music Composer Mark Medoff — Screenplay Dominique LaPierre — Writer
Tagline

He was a man who couldn't care less... until he met a man who couldn't care more.

Synopsis

Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

Trailer City of Joy — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
hopeleprosyindiacalcutta
Key Collaborators
Roland Joffé Director Peter Biziou Director of Photography Gerry Hambling Editor Hervé de Luze Editor Ennio Morricone Original Music Composer Mark Medoff Screenplay Dominique LaPierre Writer Jake Eberts Producer Roland Joffé Producer
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