UNITED STATES · 2019

Joker

Todd Phillips
mental illness social isolation class struggle transformation into villainy dark comedy
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During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Year2019
CountryUnited States
DirectorTodd Phillips
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