Joy Is the Acid Test

Joy Is the Acid Test (2023)

Drama

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.

Director: Helena Ignez
Writer: Helena Ignez

Casts

	Helena Ignez as Jarda Ícone
	Ney Matogrosso as Lírio
	Thaís de Almeida Prado as Ana Brasil
	Barbara Vida as Sheyla Fernanda
	Michele Matalon as Caroline Sylvie
	André Guerreiro Lopes as Antônio
	Djin Sganzerla as Jarda Ícone Jovem
	Negro Leo as Padre Lúcio
	Lorena Da Silva as Ana Luisa Escorel
	Fernanda D'Umbra as Baby Ring
	Mario Bortolotto as Marião
	Fransérgio Araújo as Escovado
	Julia Katharine as Katharine
	Guilherme Leme as Militar
	Danielly O.M.M as Lakshimi
	Vera Valdez as Jade
	Eduardo Chagas as Ernesto
	Marcela Chamlian as Josette
	Amjad Milhem as Mahmud
	Dan Nakagawa as Aju Ohno
	Rafael Rudolf as Militar Jovem
	Arthur Alves dos Santos as
	Guilherme Gagliardi as
	Jesus Cubano as
	Judite Santos as
	Lea Arafah as
	Nill Marcondes as
	Samuel Kavalerski as

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