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Nise: The Heart of Madness (Nise: O Coração da Loucura)
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Rodrigo Letier
Director: Roberto Berliner
Screenplay: Flávia Castro, Roberto Berliner, Maurício Lissovski, Patrícia Andrade, Maria Camargo, Leonardo Rocha, Chris Alcazar
Director of Photography: André Horta
Top 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
Videos
Nise: The Heart of Madness Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie
