On the big screen: Joy
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Diane Ladd, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro.
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Directed by: David O. Russell.
This biographical drama – a story of family, loyalty and love – spans four generations, and focuses on the woman who rises to become the founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
Joy Mangano is a struggling single mom with three children, who invented the Miracle Mop and went on to become the president of Ingenious Designs, LLC.
Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love all pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise and facing a world of unforgiving commerce.
Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.