Film·2023·59m

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

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Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive novel about the dazzling social ascent of a rebellious heroine; too scandalous to be published at that contradictory time.

Directed by Coralie Martin

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9 credited

Estelle Meyer
Estelle MeyerModesta (voice)
Nathalie Richard
Nathalie RichardSelf - Narrator (voice)
Frédéric Martin
Frédéric MartinSelf
Nathalie Castagné
Nathalie CastagnéSelf
Alberica Bazzoni
Alberica BazzoniSelf
Monica Farnetti
Monica FarnettiSelf
Valeria Golino
Valeria GolinoSelf
Angelo Pellegrino
Angelo PellegrinoSelf
Goliarda Sapienza
Goliarda SapienzaSelf (archive footage)

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