Nise: The Heart of Madness (2016)
Synopsis
After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced to take on the abandoned Sector for Occupational Therapy, where she would start a revolution through paintings, animals and love.
Release Date: 2016-04-21
Runtime: 106 minutes
Director: Roberto Berliner
Top Cast
- Glória Pires as Nise da Silveira
- Julio Adrião as Carlos Pertuis
- Claudio Jaborandy as Emygdio de Barros
- Fabrício Boliveira as Fernando Diniz
- Roberta Rodrigues as Ivone
- Flávio Bauraqui as Otávio Inácio
- Fernando Eiras as Mário Magalhães
- Charles Fricks as Mário Pedrosa
- Luciana Fregolente as Eugênia
- Zécarlos Machado as Dr. Nelson
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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