My Joy

My Joy

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Release Date

9/30/2010

Runtime

128 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

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Revenue

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A grinding descent through a hostile Russian landscape where every encounter pulls the protagonist deeper into moral and physical degradation. The film watches unflinchingly as civilisation reveals itself as thin and brutal.

Mood

BleakUnsettlingDread-soakedContemplative

Themes

IsolationSurvivalCorruptionComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturatedHandheld

Structure

Road movie

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Graphic violenceSexual contentAddiction

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