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Joy Is the Acid Test (2023)
Directed by Helena Ignez
Drama · 1h 41m
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.
Cast
Helena Ignez
Jarda Ícone
Ney Matogrosso
Lírio
Thaís de Almeida Prado
Ana Brasil
Barbara Vida
Sheyla Fernanda
André Guerreiro Lopes
Antônio
Djin Sganzerla
Jarda Ícone Jovem
Lorena Da Silva
Ana Luisa Escorel
Fernanda D'Umbra
Baby Ring
Mario Bortolotto
Marião
Crew
- Director
- Helena Ignez
- Screenplay
- Helena Ignez
- Director of Photography
- Toni Nogueira, Matheus da Rocha Pereira, Mirrah da Silva, Flora Dias, Lucas Eskinazi
- Editor
- Sergio Gagliardi-Gag
- Producer
- Michele Matalon
Details
- Original title
- A Alegria é a Prova dos Nove
- Release date
- 2023-01-23
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Mercúrio Produções