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Joy

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A young Nigerian woman becomes caught in a vicious cycle of sex trafficking.
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Ben Kenigsberg New York Times 05/31/2019
Matching content with form, the movie is tight and merciless, even if parts play like a tract. Go to Full Review
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times 05/24/2019
Austrian-Iranian filmmaker Sudabeh Mortezai's "Joy" builds its reservoir of sadness with pulsing efficiency. Go to Full Review
Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site 08/16/2022
3/4
Joy’s cast and crew were clearly committed to exposing a vicious form of exploitation and the social conditions that underpin it. Go to Full Review
Matt Cipolla Film Monthly 07/25/2020
3.5/5
Mortezai doesn't pretend to know the answers to these issues; she just asks us to acknowledge them. After all, it's the least we can do. Go to Full Review
Katie Hogan VultureHound 02/03/2020
3/5
By the end of the film you're left with an uncomfortable empty feeling that there is no hope and the cycle continues, which is bleak indeed but just shows devastating the subject of the film is. Go to Full Review
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 07/18/2019
4/5
A grim portrait of migrant Nigerian prostitutes exploited in Austria. Go to Full Review
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Lauren L Apr 14 It’s just too depressing and I can’t help but feel like I’ve just sat and watched someone’s awful mundane and terrible life. It’s realistic but not really entertainment. More a journey of injustice that feels like it’s not gonna end, very few characters to like and when the film ends it feels unfinished and awkward and there’s no completion or conclusion. The acting is decent, but in the end there are too many questions left unanswered. See more 09/30/2021 I'm not sure if documentary-like storytelling improves the movie, but what I am sure of is that thanks to committed acting and good inentions ¨Joy¨ is worth the watch. See more patrick a @FilmRoyal 10/26/2020 Raw and real. An excellent piece of story telling that does not try to play up to feel good notions instead it draws you into its world depicting lived through experiences. See more nefasto r @Nefasto 07/13/2019 Powerful and honest look into the sex traffic world. We definitely learn a thing or two, and we will definitely ask ourselves why all this is still possible... but the film is more of a documentary than an entertainer. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young Nigerian woman becomes caught in a vicious cycle of sex trafficking.
Director
Sudabeh Mortezai
Producer
Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann
Screenwriter
Sudabeh Mortezai
Production Co
FreibeuterFilm
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 24, 2019
Runtime
1h 39m
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