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66% Critic Match
City of Joy
“He was a man who couldn't care less... until he met a man who couldn't care more.”
6.6 / 10• 1992• 2h 12m•PG-13• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Patrick Swayze
Max Lowe
Lead
Om Puri
Hazari Pal
Pauline Collins
Joan Bethel
Shabana Azmi
Kamla H. Pal
Ayesha Dharker
Amrita H. Pal
Art Malik
Ashok Ghatak
Nabil Shaban
Anouar
Suneeta Sengupta
Poomina
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roland Joffé's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. City of Joy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
