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Joy is a american film of genre Drama directed by David O. Russell released in USA on 25 december 2015 with Jennifer Lawrence
Joy (2015)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 december 2015
Length 2h4
Directed by David O. Russell
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating65%
Joy is an upcoming American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. The film is about a struggling single mom of three children, Joy Mangano, who invented the "Miracle Mop" and is the President of Ingenious Designs, LLC. It stars Jennifer Lawrence as Mangano, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, and Édgar Ramírez The film is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2015 by 20th Century Fox.
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Aux États-Unis, dans le Massachusetts des années 1980, Joy est une jeune mère célibataire de deux enfants, qui cohabite dans une maison avec son ex-mari, chanteur, vivant au sous-sol, et sa mère qui passe ses journées devant la télévision. Son père Rudy, responsable d’un garage, revient un beau jour après une rupture et doit partager le sous-sol avec son ex-gendre qu’il n’apprécie guère. En recherchant une nouvelle conquête, Rudy rencontre rapidement Trudy, veuve fortunée.Actors
Jennifer Lawrence
(Joy Mangano)
Bradley Cooper
(Neil Walker)
Robert De Niro
(Rudy)
Isabella Cramp
(Young Joy)
Édgar Ramírez
(Tony Miranne)
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