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Directed by | Roland Joffé |
Screenplay by | Mark Medoff |
Based on | City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre |
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Cinematography | Peter Biziou |
Edited by | Gerry Hambling |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | Lightmotive Allied Filmmakers |
Distributed by | AMLF (France) TriStar Pictures (United States) Warner Bros. (Select territories) |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
Countries | France United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $27 million[1] |
Box office | $14.6 million |
City of Joy (released in the Philippines as Raging Inferno) is a 1992 drama film directed by Roland Joffé, with a screenplay by Mark Medoff. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Dominique Lapierre, which looks at poverty in then-modern India, specifically life in the slums. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri and Shabana Azmi.