Movielogr
Nise: The Heart of Madness (2016)
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.
Length 106 minutes
Actors
Glória Pires | Júlio 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