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
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Directed by: Art Malik, Ayesha Dharker, Debatosh Ghosh, Imran Badsah Khan, Nabil Shaban, Om Puri, Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Roland Joff?, Roland Joffé, Sam Wanamaker, Santu Chowdhury, Shabana Azmi
Release Date: April 15, 1992
DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
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August 2, 2008A 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.
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August 10, 2007I normally am not a fan, but Patrick Swayze is awesome in this film. It is a sweet, enjoyable movie with sadness and joy.
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November 11, 2009A very humanitarian movie. Patrick Swayze always giving his best in everything he did. Great Movie.
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October 26, 2009In 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)
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May 29, 2009Probably 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)
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