Joyland

Joyland (2022)

جوائے لینڈ

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

Date of release
2022-11-18
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (175)
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
Saim Sadiq

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 1. Including: Jury Prize; Queer Palm

Joyland is a 2022 Pakistani drama film, written and directed by Saim Sadiq in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan, Sarwat Gilani, and Salmaan Peerzada. Set in inner-city Lahore, Joyland centers around the low-income Rana family, headed by an elder patriarch (Peerzada) who yearns for the birth of a grandson. He forces his daughter-in-law Mumtaz (Farooq) to quit her job after Haider (Junejo), his youngest son and her husband, finds work at an erotic dance theater. However, complications arise when Haider becomes infatuated with Biba (Khan), a hijra dancer.

Production

Joyland was made with a budget of under €100,000. It was shot in the span of 6 weeks in 2021, during the global pandemic. All of production took place in the city of Lahore, Pakistan with key locations being the Mehfil Theatre, an actual erotic dance theater, and the amusement park Joyland Lahore.

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