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The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

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The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

7.0

0h 59m

2023

Synopsis

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.

Director

Coralie Martin

DocumentaryHistory

literatureportrait of an artistcontroversial bookliterature historygrands romans du scandaleitalian literature

Cast & Crew

Estelle Meyer

Estelle Meyer

as Modesta (voice)

Nathalie Richard

Nathalie Richard

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Frédéric Martin

as Self

Nathalie Castagné

as Self

Alberica Bazzoni

as Self

Monica Farnetti

as Self

Valeria Golino

Valeria Golino

as Self

Angelo Pellegrino

Angelo Pellegrino

as Self

Goliarda Sapienza

Goliarda Sapienza

as Self (archive footage)

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