Joy (2018)
Popularity2/5
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2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Sudabeh Mortezai
Cast
Joy Anwulika Alphonsus, Mariam Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme
The story
Joy is a young Nigerian woman doing sex work to pay off debts while supporting her family in Nigeria and her daughter in Vienna. She’s instructed to supervise Precious, a new teenage girl from Nigeria about to go down the same path as her.
Genres
Drama
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