Nise: The Heart of Madness
2016•1h 46m•8.1•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.
Director
Roberto Berliner
Writer
Flávia Castro, Maurício Lissovski, Patrícia Andrade, Chris Alcazar, Maria Camargo, Leonardo Rocha, Roberto Berliner
Languages
Portuguese
Studio
TvZERO
Cast
Glória Pires
Nise da Silveira
Simone Mazzer
Adelina Gomes
Julio Adrião
Carlos Pertuis
Claudio Jaborandy
Emygdio de Barros
Fabrício Boliveira
Fernando Diniz
Roney Villela
Lúcio Noeman
Flávio Bauraqui
Otávio Ignácio
Bernardo Marinho
Raphael Domingues
Augusto Madeira
Lima
Felipe Rocha
Almir
Roberta Rodrigues
Ivone
Georgiana Góes
Martha Pires
Fernando Eiras
Mário Magalhães
Charles Fricks
Mário Pedrosa
Zé Carlos Machado
Dr. Nelson
Production
Company
TvZERO
Producer
Rodrigo Letier
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