Joy Is the Acid Test(2023)

Name: Joy Is the Acid Test
Director: Helena Ignez
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023-01-01
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Helena Ignez, Ney Matogrosso, Thaís de Almeida Prado, Barbara Vida, Michele Matalon

Helena Ignez Ney Matogrosso Thaís de Almeida Prado Barbara Vida Michele Matalon

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.