Joy

Joy

★ 5.5IMDb Score
Released:1983-07-27
Genre:Drama
Duration:102 min
Director:Sergio Bergonzelli
Actors:Claudia Udy, Gérard-Antoine Huart, Agnès Torrent, Elisabeth Mortensen, Claire Nadeau
Production:Moviecorp IX, ATC 3000

Overview:

This is the story about Joy who falls in love with an older man (she has been looking for her missing father all her life), and then travels around Paris with him and his other female companion, experiencing a broad range of sexual encounters.

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