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Joy

Joy

2018

Sudabeh Mortezai

Anwulika Alphonsus, Mariam Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme, Emmanuel Ajayi ...

6.5

261

Drama Joy is a young Nigerian woman caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking. She works the streets to pay off debts to her exploiter Madame, while supporting her family in Nigeria and hoping for a better life for her little daughter in Vienna. Joy struggles to understand her role in this merciless system of exploitation when she is instructed by Madame to supervise Precious, a teenage girl fresh from Nigeria who is not ready to accept her fate. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"It offers a raw, fresh view on the currently ubiquitous topic of European immigration control (...) Alphonsus is an electric find"	POS
	Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"A provocative unique and feminine take on human trafficking (...) The film is particularly impressive thanks to its concentration on the female gaze and the empowerment of its female characters."	POS
United States	Chris Barsanti The Playlist	"A harrowing sex trafficking tale about modern slavery (...) 'Joy' is a bravely dark movie"	POS

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