Nise: The Heart of Madness
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- Runtime
- 106 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Glória Pires
- Julio Adrião
- Claudio Jaborandy
- Fabrício Boliveira
- Roberta Rodrigues
- Flávio Bauraqui
- Fernando Eiras
- Charles Fricks
- Luciana Fregolente
- Zé Carlos Machado
- Felipe Rocha
- Roney Villela
- Augusto Madeira
- Georgiana Góes
- Simone Mazzer
- Bernardo Marinho
Director
- Roberto Berliner
Producers
- Rodrigo Letier
Screenwriter
- Flávia Castro
- Maurício Lissovski
- Patrícia Andrade
- Chris Alcazar
- Maria Camargo
- Leonardo Rocha
- Roberto Berliner
