Claim: Joyland depicts a sexual relationship between a woman and her husband’s brother, which results in the character getting pregnant Fact: The film does not show such a relationship, nor does it leave room for an interpretation that would lead viewers to this conclusion Spoilers Ahead Director Saim Sadiq’s film Joyland was released last week […]
Claim: ‘Joyland’ is the first Pakistani film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Fact: While ‘Joyland’ is the first Pakistani film to be entered into the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, the first Pakistani film to debut at the Cannes Film Festival was in fact Jamil Dehlavi’s ‘The Blood of Hussain’, which was […]