City of Joy (1992)

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City of Joy on IMDb 6.4/10 4,263 votes

Released:
1992-04-15

Overview:
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.

Director:
Roland Joffé

Runtime:
2h 12min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Patrick Swayze
    as
    Max Lowe
  • Om Puri
    as
    Hazari Pal
  • Pauline Collins
    as
    Joan Bethel
  • Shabana Azmi
    as
    Kamla H. Pal
  • Ayesha Dharker
    as
    Amrita H. Pal