The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

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

Nathalie Richard

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Frédéric Martin

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Nathalie Castagné

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Alberica Bazzoni

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Monica Farnetti

Valeria Golino

Angelo Pellegrino

Goliarda Sapienza