Art Malik, Ayesha Dharker, Debatosh Ghosh

American doctor Max Lowe (Patrick Swayze) travels to Calcutta, India, to search for meaning in his life. Almost upon touching down, he's mugged and beaten. Joan (Pauline Collins), an Irish nun struggl...( read more  read more... )ing to provide basic medical care for impoverished slum dwellers, nurses the young physician back to health, and together they decide to open a new clinic that will give hope to surrounding community.

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • December 6, 2008
    A fantastic depiction of the struggles of the Poor in Calcutta
  • August 2, 2008
    A disgruntled American doctor goes to India to find enlightenment. Not one of Swayze's better films but I enjoyed storyline about the rickshaw driver and his family.
  • September 10, 2007
    good story
  • August 10, 2007
    I normally am not a fan, but Patrick Swayze is awesome in this film. It is a sweet, enjoyable movie with sadness and joy.
  • November 11, 2009
    A very humanitarian movie. Patrick Swayze always giving his best in everything he did. Great Movie.
  • October 26, 2009
    In an interview with Values & Visions (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat's magazine published in the 1990s), Joffe identified one of the film's themes as a fundamentally religious and spiritual one ? the enhancement of life. "Under stress human beings reveal who they really are. We a...( read more)re all survivors; that is what we have in common. What is most important is how a person manages to survive. True heroism lies in the quality of that daily struggle." The characters in this film learn that life can be enhanced by caring, commitment, and community.
  • September 6, 2009
    Just one word FANTASTIC.
  • May 29, 2009
    Probably Swayze's finest movie, City of Joy exposes life in Calcuttan ghettos in the 90's. Despite it's interesting storyline, City of Joy is composed of stereotypical dialogue and the all too familiar "man on the road to redemption" theme. It's saving grace is its focus on the l...( read more)ives of the Indian people rather than the new white man in town.
  • May 21, 2009
    one of my favorite movies. i have seen it abotu 100 times.
  • April 15, 2009
    indian movie. very unlike slumdog though, in my opinion.

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  • terris85017
    October 20, 2008
    One of the best films I have seen in many years!!
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    Tough to be a nonconformist. Heavy mafia in this India village.

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    Lent to me by a good friend! think you might enjoy this look into cultures.

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