City of Joy

Synopsis

Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

Director

Roland Joffé

Written by

Mark Medoff

Music

Ennio Morricone

Studio

Lightmotive

Released

15 April 1992

Genres

Drama