Nise: The Heart of Madness

Nise: The Heart of Madness

8.2

Apr 21 2016

2h 46m

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.

Glória Pires

Glória Pires

Nise da Silveira

Julio Adrião

Julio Adrião

Carlos Pertuis

Claudio Jaborandy

Claudio Jaborandy

Emygdio de Barros

Fabrício Boliveira

Fabrício Boliveira

Fernando Diniz

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