Nise: The Heart of Madness
2016 · 106 min
Drama
★ 8.1Trailer
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.
Crew
- Director Roberto Berliner
- Screenplay Maurício Lissovski
- Screenplay Roberto Berliner
- Screenplay Flávia Castro
- Screenplay Chris Alcazar
- Screenplay Maria Camargo
- Screenplay Leonardo Rocha
- Screenplay Patrícia Andrade
Cast
Glória Pires
Nise da Silveira
Julio Adrião
Carlos Pertuis
Claudio Jaborandy
Emygdio de Barros
Fabrício Boliveira
Fernando Diniz
Roberta Rodrigues
Ivone
Flávio Bauraqui
Otávio Inácio
Fernando Eiras
Mário Magalhães
Charles Fricks
Mário Pedrosa
Luciana Fregolente
Eugênia
Zé Carlos Machado
Dr. Nelson
Felipe Rocha
Almir
Roney Villela
Lúcio
Crew
- Director — Roberto Berliner
- Screenplay — Maurício Lissovski
- Screenplay — Roberto Berliner
- Screenplay — Flávia Castro
- Screenplay — Chris Alcazar
- Screenplay — Maria Camargo
- Screenplay — Leonardo Rocha
- Screenplay — Patrícia Andrade
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