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Actors: Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Pauline Collins
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about City Of Joy |
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This movie is based on a book by Dominique LaPierre and starring Patrick Swayze as Max Lowe, a surgeon from Houston, Texas. After losing a young patient on the operating table Max quits practicing medicine and struggles with his beliefs and anger. He goes to India to find himself. After a night of drinking with a local girl he gets beat up by some of the local underworld figures and is taken to a local free clinic by Hasari Pal (Omu Pori). Here Max meets Sister Joan (Pauline Collins), a nun trying to help the poor people in the City of Joy. Initially resisting Joan's request to help, Max finally gives in and helps build a new clinic which angers the local "Godfather". We follow as Both Max and Hasari overcome hardships to a spiritual awakening.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of City Of Joy |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- (General) search for meaning/identity
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Indian Indian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- bald
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Indian Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- India
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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