My Joy
Director Sergei Loznitsa
Countries Germany, France, Netherlands, Ukraine
Duration 127 min
Synopsis
Life in contemporary Russia is full of surprises. At every turn of the road sometimes one finds an adventure or a mystery and sometimes one finds a disaster in the making. MY JOY tells the story of an ill-fated truck driver Georgy (Victor Nemets), who takes a wrong turn on a highway and loses his way in the wilderness of the Russian countryside. In trying to find his way out and back to the civilization he knows, Georgy encounters a number of local inhabitants each with a story to tell. Amongst his encounters he meets a heart-broken war veteran, an aggressive teenage prostitute, numerous corrupt police officers and a mysterious Gypsy woman. It becomes a trip where brutal force and survival instincts overcome humanity and common sense as Georgy unwittingly heads towards a dead end.
Life in contemporary Russia is full of surprises. At every turn of the road sometimes one finds an adventure or a mystery and sometimes one finds a disaster in the making. MY JOY tells the story of an ill-fated truck driver Georgy (Victor Nemets), who takes a wrong turn on a highway and loses his way in the wilderness of the Russian countryside. In trying to find his way out and back to the civilization he knows, Georgy encounters a number of local inhabitants each with a story to tell. Amongst his encounters he meets a heart-broken war veteran, an aggressive teenage prostitute, numerous corrupt police officers and a mysterious Gypsy woman. It becomes a trip where brutal force and survival instincts overcome humanity and common sense as Georgy unwittingly heads towards a dead end.