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- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 39 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 39 m
Summary Joy, a young Nigerian woman caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking, is instructed by her exploiter Madame to supervise Precious, a teenage girl who is not ready to accept her fate.
Directed By: Sudabeh Mortezai
Written By: Sudabeh Mortezai
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 39 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 39 m
Joy
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Summary Joy, a young Nigerian woman caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking, is instructed by her exploiter Madame to supervise Precious, a teenage girl who is not ready to accept her fate.
Directed By: Sudabeh Mortezai
Written By: Sudabeh Mortezai
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
75
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Centred around two exceptional performances, and taking an intimate, documentary-like approach to the drama, Joy effectively explores the devastating traps of abuse and extortion without ever becoming exploitative itself.
If all the performances here feel lived-in, it’s because they’re literally just that — but even within that context, Alphonsus is an electric find, silently signaling Joy’s clashing moral impulses with a complexity that would defeat many a professional.
Both riveting character study and experiential glimpse at the Africa-to-Europe sex slave trade, Austrian-Iranian filmmaker Sudabeh Mortezai’s “Joy” builds its reservoir of sadness with pulsing efficiency.
In its refusal to bend to unrealistic notions of escape, Joy is a bravely dark movie.
Matching content with form, the movie is tight and merciless, even if parts play like a tract.
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Production Company
FreibeuterFilm,
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Release Date May 24, 2019
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards
Austrian Film Award, AT
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations