Nise: The Heart of Madness

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Nise: The Heart of Madness
StarringGlória PiresJulio AdriãoClaudio Jaborandy
DirectorRoberto Berliner
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NR 1 hr 46 minDrama
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Plot
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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Original Language:Portuguese
Executive Producers:Lorena Bondarovsky
Production Companies:TvZERO
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