Nise: The Heart of Madness
2016 · 1h 46m · NOT RATED
Drama
Directed by
Roberto Berliner
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Roberto Berliner Director
- Glória Pires as Nise da Silveira
- Simone Mazzer as Adelina Gomes
- Julio Adrião as Carlos Pertuis
- Claudio Jaborandy as Emygdio de Barros
- Fabrício Boliveira as Fernando Diniz
- Flávio Bauraqui as Octávio Inácio
- Roney Villela as Lúcio Noeman
- Bernardo Marinho as Raphael Domingues
- Augusto Madeira as Lima
- Felipe Rocha Cast
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