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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

...such a delicate, intelligent and emotionally rich film. What a debut from Sadiq.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic John Nugent
rated 8

A storming debut from writer-director Saim Sadiq: emotional, tender, and quietly radical. With any luck, it will herald a new era for Pakistani cinema.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Xuanlin Tham
rated 8

A conservative Pakistani family in Lahore fracture when modernity meets tradition in Saim Sadiq's intimate drama.

Read full review at Little White Lies
Critic Diego Semerene
rated 10

Never has a film paid this sort of attention to the subtleties of love between a man and a trans woman.

Read full review at Slant Magazine
Critic Siddhant Adlakha
rated 8

A daring queer Pakistani drama about desire.

Read full review at Indie Wire
Johanzebran
rated 7

Tung film. Första jag sett från Pakistan. Beror och fångar intresset. Bitvis för utdragen.

2 months ago
Critic Jonathan Lebeda
rated 8

...en skarp og realistisk skildring af forholdene for queer-personer i Pakistan.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko
Critic Annika Andersson
rated 8

Roligt och sorgligt om kärlek och burlesk erotik i Pakistan.

Read full review at Moviezine

Cast & Crew

Saim Sadiq
Director
Saim Sadiq
Writer
Salmaan Peerzada
As Father
Rasti Farooq
As Mumtaz
Sania Saeed
As Fayyaz
Sarwat Gilani
As Nucchi
Sohail Sameer
As Saleem

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Joyland tells the story of Haider, a young man living in Lahore, Pakistan, who is struggling to find his place in a traditional and patriarchal family. Despite his father's wishes for him to become a successful businessman, Haider secretly joins an erotic dance theater as a backup dancer and falls for the transgender starlet, Biba. Their impossible love story sheds light on the cracks in the family's oppressive dynamics and ultimately tears them apart. The film explores themes of sexuality, gender identity, and generational conflict, offering a fresh perspective on life in modern Pakistan.

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