Nise: The Heart of Madness

8.2

106m

2016

Drama

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.

Starring

Glória Pires, Julio Adrião, Claudio Jaborandy, Fabrício Boliveira, Roberta Rodrigues, Flávio Bauraqui, Fernando Eiras, Charles Fricks, Luciana Fregolente, Zécarlos Machado

Directed By

Roberto Berliner