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Nise The Heart of Madness (2016) 

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88%

Nise The Heart of Madness

(2016)

Runtime

1 hour 46 minutes

Guidance Rating

All Ages

drama

Synopsis

After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeirom 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.

Featuring

Glória Pires

as Nise da Silveira

Julio Adrião

as Carlos Pertuis

Claudio Jaborandy

as Emygdio de Barros

Fabrício Boliveira

as Fernando Diniz

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Nise The Heart of Madness