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Nise: The Heart of Madness

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2016-04-21

Runtime: 106 mins

Director: Roberto Berliner

Spoken language: Português

Genres: Drama

Original title: Nise: The Heart of Madness

Production Companies: TvZERO

Production Countries: Brazil

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