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Joy Is the Acid Test (2023)
Directed by Helena Ignez
Overview
A film about love, also a memoir, about the trip made in the 1970s to Morocco by Jarda Ícone, an artist, sexologist, and octogenarian rocker, as she defines herself, and Lírio Terron, a human rights activist. In fact, a journey that is not over in their lives. Jarda Icon teaches classes on how women can obtain their own orgasm. With her group of disciples and friends Ana Brasil, Sheyla Fernanda, Caroline Sylvie and Lakshmi she develops self-sustainable feminist and artistic projects. The film is political, but not at all politicized in the traditional sense. It is an ode to the underground and counterculture movements, it is a hymn to freedom, and its title is also a tribute to Oswald d Andrade, one of the main names in Brazilian modernism.
Length 101 minutes
Actors
Helena Ignez | Ney Matogrosso | Thaís de Almeida Prado | Barbara Vida | Michele Matalon | Andre Guerreiro Lopes | Djin Sganzerla | Negro Leo | Lorena Da Silva | Fernanda D'Umbra | Mario Bortolotto | Fransérgio Araújo | Julia Katharine | Guilherme Leme | Danielly O.M.M | Vera Valdez | Eduardo Chagas | Marcela Chamlian | Amjad Milhem | Dan Nakagawa | Rafael Rudolf | Arthur Alves dos Santos | Guilherme Gagliardi | Jesus Cubano | Judite Santos | Lea Arafah | Nill Marcondes | Samuel Kavalerski