
Rome. The 1980s. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on for a decade is rejected by the Italian publishing world, writer Goliarda Sapienza commits a desperate theft that costs her her reputation and social position. Incarcerated in Italy’s largest female prison, she finds herself living alongside thieves, junkies, sex workers and revolutionaries. After her release, she continues to meet with these women and over the course of a sweltering summer, a life-changing relationship flowers – a relationship that will reawaken her the desire to live and to write.
Goliarda Sapienza

Roberta

Barbara

Angelo

Cameriere bar della stazione

Albert

Amica derubata

"James Dean"

Editore

Suzie Wong
Guardia

Pizzi

Trasteverina

Silvia

Unknown Role

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