The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation (2023)

7.0/10 59 min Documentary History

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.

Cast

Estelle Meyer

Modesta (voice)

Nathalie Richard

Self - Narrator (voice)

Valeria Golino

Self

Angelo Pellegrino

Self

Goliarda Sapienza

Self (archive footage)

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