City of Joy (1992)

Directors

Roland Joffé

Cast

Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Pauline Collins, Vishal Slathia, Shabana Azmi, Ayesha Dharker

The story

Hazari Pal is a rural farmer who moves to Calcutta with his wife Kamla and three children in search of a better life. The Pals do not get off to a good start: they are cheated out of their rent money and thrown out on the streets, and it is difficult for Hazari to find a job to support them. However, the determined family refuses to give up and eventually finds its place in the poverty-stricken city.

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