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- The stories of the two men cross in Roland Joffe’s “City of Joy,” based on the novel by Dominique Lapierre. One of their common points of contact is an Irish woman, named Joan Bethel and played by Pauline Collins, who runs a clinic which ministers to the sick and homeless.
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City of Joy (released in the Philippines as Raging Inferno) 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.
City of Joy: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Pauline Collins, Shabana Azmi. An American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.
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- Crime, Drama
- Roland Joffé
- 1992-04-17
Apr 24, 1992 · These are the three choices one has in life, according to Joan Bethel (Pauline Collins), an almost-saintlike woman who runs a free clinic in the inner slums of Calcutta, India, in City of Joy.
Apr 17, 1992 · One of their common points of contact is an Irish woman, named Joan Bethel and played by Pauline Collins, who runs a clinic which ministers to the sick and homeless. When she discovers that Max is a surgeon, she exerts quiet but unrelenting pressure on him to help at the clinic.
He meet an American, Dr. Max Lowe, and 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.
City of Joy (French: La Cité de la joie) is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffé in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed "the City of Joy" after this novel, [ 1 ] although the slum was based on an area in its twin city of Howrah.
Apr 15, 1992 · The clinic is run by Joan Bethel (Pauline Collins), an Irish-American nun who urges Max to use his skills to help the people of Calcutta who so desperately need it. Max signs on, and he finds that the experience changes his life. City of Joy was based on a novel by Dominique Lapierre. Characteristics. Moods. Triumph of the Spirit. Themes.
