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My Joy

Play trailer Poster for My Joy 2011,  2h 7m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A truck driver (Viktor Nemets) embarks on a dark odyssey through Russia.

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Eric Kohn IndieWire Nov 12, 2013
B
The movie contains a mesmerizing visual appeal. Go to Full Review
Alissa Simon Variety Nov 12, 2013
Although discomfiting to audiences desiring a steady narrative thread (and less accessible to those unfamiliar with Eastern European history and culture), it sustains interest throughout as a devastating critique of Russian society. Go to Full Review
Dave Calhoun Time Out Nov 12, 2013
There are hints of Tarkovsky in the poetic exploration of place and memory and the film is a demanding, difficult work. But the sense of a Dantean journey and a vision of utter hell are powerfully conveyed. Go to Full Review
Tanner Tafelski Vague Visages Oct 30, 2019
Necessarily bleak, My Joy shows [Russia] caught in the kind of circuitous violence that ultimately corrupts man. Go to Full Review
Daniel Kasman MUBI Nov 16, 2017
..."My Joy"'s striking structure is directly inspired by a strange record of anecdotes that disturb the story of a young truck driver's route through the Russian countryside. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Sergei Loznitsa

Director

Vlad Ivanov

Major From Moscow

Viktor Nemets

Georgy

Olga Shuvalova

Young Prostitute

Vladimir Golovin

Old Man

Maria Varsami

Maria

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Movie Info

Synopsis A truck driver (Viktor Nemets) embarks on a dark odyssey through Russia.
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Screenwriter
Sergei Loznitsa
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Ma.ja.de. Fiction, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Arte, Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion, Sota Cinema Group, ZDF, Lemming Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 30, 2011, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 13, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.5K
Runtime
2h 7m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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