A series that has broken all the rules, conquering the Davids of Donatello 2025. “The art of joy” by Valeria Golino is a disturbing, powerful, feminine story
At the 70th edition of the David di Donatello, The art of joy He made the story: it was the first television series to compete side by side with the films in the event dedicated to the best of Italian cinema. Not only did he participate with Ben 14 applicationsbut it also has triumphedconquering three prizes of enormous prestige:
- Best non -original screenplayrecognition to the team formed by Valeria Golino, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella, Luca Infascelli and Stefano Sardo;
- Best leading actresswent to the twenty -one year old Tecla Insolia for his intense interpretation of the modest protagonist;
- Best Supporting Actresswon by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi For the role of the decadent Princess Gaia Brandiforti.
A recognition not only artistic but also cultural, which marks an important opening towards serial products of high authorial level, capable of overcoming the boundaries between cinema and television.
A work that shakes: disturbing, feminine, powerful
Direct from Valeria Golino and taken from the famous novel by Goliarda Sapienza, The art of joy It was presented in a world premiere at the Cannes 2024 festival, before landing on Sky and Now On February 28, 2025. On the centenary of the birth of the Catania writer (10 May 1924), the series is configured as a courageous, unscrupulous, never accommodating visual celebration. It is a disturbing, feminine, powerful story – everything that is rarely seen in the Italian panorama.
The protagonist, Modestis not a moral novel hero. Poor was born, in the rural Sicily of the early twentieth century, in a family that abuses her and abuse it. But Modesta does not accept the role of the victim: he makes his way with ambition, eroticism, intelligence and ruthlessness. He kills, betrays, mind, he grants – but does it to affirm a radical right: the right to happiness.
Valeria Golino’s vision
The series, developed in Six episodestells the transformation of modest from child abused to a powerful woman. From the escape between the Sicilian fields to the landing in the convent, where it is welcomed by Sister Leonora (Jasmine Trinca), then going through the nobility and the plots of the palace, Modesta never stops reinventing. Between saffic passions, aristocratic intrigues and war declarations to social hypochrisy, its history is an odyssey of self -determination.
There Directed by Golino It is very elegant and never complacent, capable of balanced cruelty and beauty, introspection and epic breath. It is an uncomfortable work, of those that disturb and make people discuss. For this reason, necessary.
Who is Tecla Insoliathe revelation of a generation
The victory of David di Donatello for the best leading actress consecrated Tecla Insolia as one of the most promising faces of the Italian artistic panorama. On stage, visibly moved, he brought all the emotion of those who conquered with talent, discipline and dedication a goal that few at his age can boast. He is just 21 years old.
Born to Varese by Sicilian parents, Tecla grew up in Piombinoin Tuscany, a land with which it maintains a deep bond. His artistic training began very early: at just five he began studying music at the Woodstock Academy. Popularity arrives in 2019 when he wins Sanremo Youngwhich allows you to access the Sanremo Festival 2020 In the category new proposals, where it ranks second with the song “March 8”. On the same occasion he also gets the Enzo Jannacci prizeassigned them for having been able to tell the role of women in complex social contexts with sensitivity.
His actor path begins in 2018 with a small part in the series The pupilbut it is since 2020 that his face begins to be noticed thanks to the role in fiction Screw on the run. In 2021 he interprets Nada as a teenager In the TV movie The little girl who didn’t want to singconfirming its versatility and interpretative intensity.
With The art of joyInsolia faces the most complex and profound role of her career: Modestcharacter symbol of self -determination and moral ambiguity. His interpretation is a perfect balance between candor and restlessness, power and fragility.
When a TV series changes the rules of the game
With The art of joythe David di Donatello open the doors to a new phase of the Italian audiovisual, in which the TV series are no longer just entertainment, but pointed cinema. A step that reflects the evolution of language, formats and expectations of an increasingly demanding audience.
In a often reassuring television Italy, The art of joy It is a cry: disturbing, sensual, incorrect. And finally free.
