City of Joy (1992)

City of Joy (1992) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( DTS 5.1 )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
134 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roland Joffe

Written By:
Dominique Lapierre
Mark Medoff

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

Hazari Pal lives in a small village in Bihar, India, with his dad, mom, wife, Kamla, daughter, Amrita, and two sons, Shambhu and Manooj. As the Pal are unable to repay the loan they had taken years ago from a moneylender, their land and property are auctioned, and they are rendered homeless. Hazari and his family re-locate to Calcutta with hopes of starting life anew, save some money and go back to Bihar, as well as get Amrita married. Things do not go as planned, as they lose their entire savings to a con-man, Gangooly, who took their money as rent by pretending to be a landlord. Then Hazari gets an opportunity to take up driving a rickshaw manually through a local godfather, Ghatak. He gets to meet a American, Dr. Max Lowe, and together they strike up a friendship along with a local social worker, Joan Bethel. Misunderstandings crop up between Joan and the Godfather, resulting in the shutting down of their shanty medical clinic. When Hazari sides with Joan, his rickshaw is taken away. Things get worse when the Godfather passes away, leaving his estate to his way-ward son, Ashok Ghatak, who has plans to do away with the slums, especially the lepers who have now started frequenting the locality, Max, Joan and above all Hazari himself, and he is determined to take the "joy" of living in Calcutta.

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.

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