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Nise: The Heart of Madness
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Title: Nise: The Heart of Madness

Release Date: 21 Apr 2016

Runtime: 1h 46m

Genre: Drama

Director: TvZERO

Production Companies: TvZERO

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 8.2 (126 votes)

Cast

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