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Joy Is the Acid Test

Jan 23, 2023 · 1h 41m
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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.

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CAST

Helena Ignez
Jarda Ícone
Ney Matogrosso
Lírio
Thaís de Almeida Prado
Ana Brasil
Barbara Vida
Sheyla Fernanda
Michele Matalon
Caroline Sylvie
André Guerreiro Lopes
Antônio
Djin Sganzerla
Jarda Ícone Jovem
Negro Leo
Padre Lúcio
Directed by Helena Ignez

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Released
Original language
PT
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Mercúrio Produções
Country
BR
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