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Nise: The Heart of Madness (2016)
Directed by Roberto Berliner
Drama · 1h 46m
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.
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
Crew
- Director
- Roberto Berliner
- Screenplay
- Maurício Lissovski, Roberto Berliner, Flávia Castro, Chris Alcazar, Maria Camargo, Leonardo Rocha, Patrícia Andrade
- Director of Photography
- André Horta
- Editor
- Leonardo Domingues, Pedro Bronz
- Producer
- Rodrigo Letier
Details
- Original title
- Nise: O Coração da Loucura
- Release date
- 2016-04-21
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- TvZERO