Nise: The Heart of Madness

Nise: The Heart of Madness

TMDb Score
81
Not Yet Rated 1 hr 46 minDrama

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.

Director
Roberto Berliner
Starring
Glória Piresas Nise da Silveira
Júlio Adriãoas Carlos Pertuis
Claudio Jaborandyas Emygdio de Barros