Nise: The Heart of Madness
2016-04-21 | 106 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Glória PiresNise da Silveira
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Julio AdriãoCarlos Pertuis
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Claudio JaborandyEmygdio de Barros
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Fabrício BoliveiraFernando Diniz
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Roberta RodriguesIvone
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Flávio BauraquiOtávio Inácio
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Fernando EirasMário Magalhães
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Charles FricksMário Pedrosa
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Luciana FregolenteEugênia
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Zécarlos MachadoDr. Nelson
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Felipe RochaAlmir
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Roney VillelaLúcio
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Augusto MadeiraLima
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Georgiana GóesMarta
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Simone MazzerAdelina Gomes
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Bernardo MarinhoRaphael
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