The Joy
MovieTitle | A Alegria |
User score | 5.5 |
Release date | May 24, 2010 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Felipe Bragança , Marina Meliande |
Production country | Brazil |
Production companies | RTFeatures, FiGa Films, Duas Mariola Filmes, Arissas Multimedia |
Run time | 106 min. |
Joy is a fable about courage and youth. It tells the story of Luiza, 16 year old girl, who can not stand to hear about the end of the world… On a Christmas night, his cousin John is mysteriously shot in a street in the Lowlands and disappears into the night. Weeks later, while Luiza spends days alone in the apartment where he lives with his mother in Rio de Janeiro, a mysterious visitor comes knocking on your door: John, as a ghost, asking to hide there.