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Joy Is the Acid Test (2023) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 23, 2023

Original Title:
A Alegria é a Prova dos Nove

Alternate Titles:
Joy Is the Acid Test

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Mercúrio Produções

Production Countries:
Brazil

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 14 

Runtime: 101

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Fábio Delduque

Assistant Art Director:
Danielly O.M.M

Costume Design:
Sônia Ushiyama

Director:
Helena Ignez

Director of Photography:
Toni Nogueira
Matheus da Rocha Pereira
Mirrah da Silva
Flora Dias
Lucas Eskinazi

Editor:
Sergio Gagliardi-Gag

Executive Producer:
Helena Ignez
Michele Matalon

Producer:
Michele Matalon

Production Assistant:
Barbara Vida
Thaís de Almeida Prado
João Orth

Screenplay:
Helena Ignez

Sound:
Renato Garcia

Sound Assistant:
Luisa Lemgruber

Sound Editor:
Damião Lopes

Sound Mixer:
Damião Lopes

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