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.
Release Date: 2016-04-21
Drama
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Casts
Glória Pires
as Nise da Silveira
Julio Adrião
as Carlos Pertuis
Claudio Jaborandy
as Emygdio de Barros
Fabrício Boliveira
as Fernando Diniz
Roberta Rodrigues
as Ivone
Flávio Bauraqui
as Otávio Inácio
Fernando Eiras
as Mário Magalhães
Charles Fricks
as Mário Pedrosa
Luciana Fregolente
as Eugênia
Zécarlos Machado
as Dr. Nelson
