Joyland
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A tender yet melancholic exploration of forbidden desire and identity within a repressive family structure, where love and self-discovery collide with social expectation.
As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.
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