Big things have small beginnings a quote we’ve heard from Lawrence of Arabia and Prometheus. It’s a quote that sums up Joy and today, the story of the first test tube baby has a new Trailer.
The film stars Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy who play our pioneers. Joy is based on the remarkable true story of the world’s first “test-tube baby” Louise Joy Brown. The story told from Jean Purdy (McKenzie), a nurse Patrick Steptoe (Nighy) and Robert Edwards (Norton) The scientists. Challenges from the State, religious leaders to give hope to those couple who are unable to conceive naturally.
It’s going to be an emotional rollercoaster that will follow the abovementioned trio who defied the odds. Even going against their own leaders with technology that was dated, this trio should be celebrated!
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Joy tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible. Told through the perspective of Jean Purdy, a young nurse and embryologist, who joined forces with scientist Robert Edwards and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to unlock the puzzle of infertility by pioneering in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The film celebrates the power of perseverance and the wonders of science as it follows this maverick trio of visionaries who overcame tremendous odds and opposition to realise their dream, and in doing so allowed millions of people to dream with them.
Joy will stream globally on Netflix from 22nd November. Before then the film will have a limited UK and Irish cinema release on 15th November. The film will also making it’s World Premiere at 68th BFI London Film Festival on Tuesday 15th October.
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