Nise: The Heart of Madness
4.1 |
1h 46min
Released
Drama
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.
Story
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.
Directors
Leonardo Rocha, Cecília Carvalhal, Pedro Von Krüger, Júlia Fávero, Roberto Berliner, Flávia Castro, Roberto Berliner, Leonardo Rocha,
Writers
Maurício Lissovski, Patrícia Andrade, Maria Camargo, Chris Alcazar,
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