The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

Oct 21, 2023

0h 59m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Sister Productions

Vetta Films

ARTE

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Cast

Modesta (voice)

Estelle Meyer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Nathalie Richard

Self

Frédéric Martin

Self

Nathalie Castagné

Self

Alberica Bazzoni

Self

Monica Farnetti

Self

Valeria Golino

Self

Angelo Pellegrino

Self (archive footage)

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