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Nise: The Heart of Madness

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Glória Pires, Julio Adrião, Claudio Jaborandy, Fabrício Boliveira, Roberta Rodrigues

Writer: Maurício Lissovski, Roberto Berliner, Flávia Castro, Chris Alcazar, Maria Camargo

Release Date:
April 21, 2016
Ratings:
8.1 / 10
Director:
Roberto Berliner
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.