Nise: The Heart of Madness
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.
Genres
Biography, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorRoberto Berliner
StarringGlória Pires, Julio Adrião, Claudio Jaborandy, Fabrício Boliveira, Roberta Rodrigues
Nise: The Heart of Madness
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.
Genres
Biography, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorRoberto Berliner
StarringGlória Pires, Julio Adrião, Claudio Jaborandy, Fabrício Boliveira, Roberta Rodrigues