Joy Is the Acid Test
movie

Released January 23, 2023
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast

Helena Ignez
as
Jarda Ícone

Ney Matogrosso
as
Lírio

Thaís de Almeida Prado
as
Ana Brasil

Barbara Vida
as
Sheyla Fernanda
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Michele Matalon
as
Caroline Sylvie

André Guerreiro Lopes
as
Antônio

Djin Sganzerla
as
Jarda Ícone Jovem
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Negro Leo
as
Padre Lúcio
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Lorena Da Silva
as
Ana Luisa Escorel

Fernanda D'Umbra
as
Baby Ring

Mario Bortolotto
as
Marião
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Fransérgio Araújo
as
Escovado
Crew

Helena Ignez
as
Director
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Toni Nogueira
as
Director of Photography
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Matheus da Rocha Pereira
as
Director of Photography
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Luisa Lemgruber
as
Sound Assistant

Damião Lopes
as
Sound Editor

Barbara Vida
as
Production Assistant
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Renato Garcia
as
Sound
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Danielly O.M.M
as
Assistant Art Director
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Mirrah da Silva
as
Director of Photography
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Michele Matalon
as
Producer
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Flora Dias
as
Director of Photography

Helena Ignez
as
Executive Producer