They Call Me Joy
Sep 06, 1997 | IMDB 4.5
105 min Watch NowDrama
When asked for her real name, the feisty woman in a rural whorehouse would quip, "Ligaya. It means joy. And that's what I sell." Yet the small-town prostitute is not resigned that she would be in the flesh trade forever. She still harbors the dream of getting out of the job someday. She saves money and fancies that someone would come and marry her as if she were clean and never been a whore. That becomes almost a reality when a hardworking farmer enters her life. Under some problematic circumstances, her chances get blown away-but not exactly of her sole doing.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Welcome to the Rileys
The Business of Strangers
Olga's House of Shame
Pretty Boy
Whore
Blown Away
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Normal Adolescent Behavior
Dandelions
Ley Lines
Simon
Maximum Thrust
Diary ng Panget
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
What Goes Up
Tatlong Bibe
I'm Sorry, My Love
The Exterminating Angels
The End of the Affair
A Love Story
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IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2010
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IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2001
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IMDB 4.7 | Feb , 1964
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IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 2015
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IMDB 5.3 | Jun , 1991
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IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 1993
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IMDB 4 | Jan , 2008
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IMDB 4.5 | Apr , 2007
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IMDB 4.2 | Oct , 1974
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IMDB 6.4 | May , 1999
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IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2004
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IMDB 3.8 | Dec , 2003
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IMDB 7.9 | Apr , 2014
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IMDB 5.3 | Jan , 2006
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IMDB 5.3 | May , 2009
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 4 | May , 2018
A solid middle American couple meet a stranger who will have a big role in history as we know it.The Exterminating Angels
IMDB 5.2 | Aug , 2006
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IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1999
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IMDB 4.6 | Aug , 2007
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