Feature film — 2016
Nise: The Heart of Madness (2016)
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.
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Director: Roberto Berliner
On screen
Cast & crew
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
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