Film

Joy

2005 · 1h 30m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

6.7

Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that, in complete contrast to her, is shabby and worn-out on the outside while well-kept and filled with joy on the inside. Her life changes when she auditions for a TV show called "Gotta Be Happy". To her astonishment, she is chosen, and her mission is to throw a surprise party for her parents on the upcoming show. However, there is a price to pay for all this: she has to let the viewers into her private inner world and share with them an event that has been overshadowing her family's life and hers for the past 22 years; an event that made a tight-knit bunch of friends shun her parents, Chaya and Yitzhak Levine.

Sigalit Fuchs

Simcha (Joy)

Tal Friedman

Gil

Keren Mor

Nora

Michal Yannai

Tamara

Rivka Michaeli

Haya

• Julie ShlesDirector
• Omer TadmorWriter

Release date

December 1, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

Hebrew

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Comedy