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Joyland

2022 · 127 min

A slow, aching plunge into a family's quiet oppression, where tender desire and crushing duty collide with devastating consequences.

Overview
As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • gender
  • isolation
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Saim Sadiq
Written by
Maggie Briggs, Saim Sadiq
Starring
Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani, Salmaan Peerzada, Sohail Sameer, Sania Saeed, Ramiz Law
Music
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Cinematography
Joe Saade
Runtime
127 min
Country
Pakistan, United States of America
Languages
Urdu, Punjabi

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