Nise: The Heart of Madness
Nise: O Coração da Loucura
Release: 2016-04-21
·Runtime: 106m
·★ 8.1
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.
Production Countries
Brazil
Production Companies
TvZERO
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Glória Pires
as Nise da Silveira
Julio Adrião
as Carlos Pertuis
Fabrício Boliveira
as Fernando Diniz
Flávio Bauraqui
as Otávio Inácio
Charles Fricks
as Mário Pedrosa
Zécarlos Machado
as Dr. Nelson
Felipe Rocha
as Almir
Claudio Jaborandy
as Emygdio de Barros
Augusto Madeira
as Lima
Roberta Rodrigues
as Ivone
Fernando Eiras
as Mário Magalhães
Luciana Fregolente
as Eugênia
Georgiana Góes
as Marta
Bernardo Marinho
as Raphael
Roney Villela
as Lúcio
Simone Mazzer
as Adelina Gomes
