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My Joy

My Joy

Drama
2010, Movie, 2h 8min
Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with disturbing stories about his younger days in the Army. After next picking up a young woman who works as a prostitute and is wary of the territory, Georgy finds himself lost, and despite asking some homeless men for help, he’s less sure than he was before of how to make his way back where he belongs. As brutal images of violence and alienation cross the screen, Georgy’s odyssey becomes darker and more desperate until it reaches an unexpected conclusion.
Country: Ukraine,Netherlands,Germany
Director:
Sergei Loznitsa
Cast:
Timofey Tribuntsev,
Boris Kamorzin,
Pavel Vorozhtsov,
Vlad Ivanov
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Sergei Loznitsa
Director
Boris Kamorzin
As Truck driver
Vlad Ivanov
As Major from Moscow
Aleksey Vertkov
As Young Lieutenant
Viktor Nemets
As Georgy

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"My Joy" is a haunting and powerful film that follows the descent of a young truck driver, Georgy, into a world of violence and madness. After being stopped by corrupt police officers, Georgy picks up a strange old man who tells him a disturbing story about his past. When the old man disappears, Georgy becomes lost and is pulled into a series of bizarre encounters with locals, including an underage prostitute and a group of drunken thugs. Brutal images of violence and alienation fill the screen as Georgy's odyssey becomes darker and more desperate. Eventually, he finds himself living in a house that was once occupied by a teacher who was killed by Soviet soldiers during World War II. The teacher's widow has since become a prostitute, and Georgy is held captive as a sex slave. The film takes a dramatic turn when a military van carrying the body of a deceased soldier arrives in the village, and Georgy grabs an officer's pistol and goes on a violent rampage. The film's title, "My Joy," is a bitter irony, as there is little joy to be found in this bleak portrait of a Russia torn apart by violence, corruption, and despair.

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