The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

October. 21,2023

Rating：

7.8

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

Literature Portrait Of An Artist Literature History

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Estelle Meyer as Modesta (voice)

Nathalie Richard as Self - Narrator (voice)

Valeria Golino as Self

Angelo Pellegrino as Self

Goliarda Sapienza as Self (archive footage)

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