City of Joy (1992)

  • PG-13
  • 04/15/1992 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 12m

He was a man who couldn't care less... until he met a man who couldn't care more.

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.

Mark Medoff

Screenplay

Dominique LaPierre

Writer

Roland Joffé

Director

Cast

Patrick Swayze's headshot

Patrick Swayze

Max Lowe
Om Puri's headshot

Om Puri

Hazari Pal
Pauline Collins's headshot

Pauline Collins

Joan Bethel
Shabana Azmi's headshot

Shabana Azmi

Kamla H. Pal
Ayesha Dharker's headshot

Ayesha Dharker

Amrita H. Pal
Art Malik's headshot

Art Malik

Ashok Ghatak
Nabil Shaban's headshot

Nabil Shaban

Anouar
Suneeta Sengupta's headshot

Suneeta Sengupta

Poomina

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