City of Joy (1992)

Name: City of Joy
Rating: 3.1

3.1 of 5 from 47 ratings

2h 10min

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An American doctor, a British nurse and an illiterate Indian farmer join together to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins .
In the best performance of a career, Swayze stars as Max Lowe, a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India after a young patient dies on the operating table. But Lowe's determination to quit medicine is challenged when he meets a committed British nurse who runs a free clinic in Calcutta's most dangerous neighborhood. And when her clinic - and the livelihood of her neighbors - is threatened by the brutal local "godfather," Max teaches the impoverished Indians the strength of their own unity. Beautifully filmed by the director of The Killing Fields and The Mission, City of Joy is "a masterpiece and a triumph!
Actors:: Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Ayesha Dharker, Santu Chowdhury, Imran Badsah Khan, Art Malik, Nabil Shaban, Debatosh Ghosh, Suneeta Sengupta, Mansi Upadhyay, Shyamanand Jalan, Shyamal Sengupta, Rudraprasad Sengupta
Directors:: Roland Joffé
Writers:: Dominique Lapierre, Mark Medoff
Genres:: Drama
Countries:: France