Monkeys Like Becky

Monkeys Like Becky

97 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1999

The first part of this documentary deals with the Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949, one of the first surgeons to apply the technique called lobotomy for the treatment of schizophrenia. The second part deals with the everyday life of people with schizophrenia today: behavior and relationships, and treatment for the disease.

Monkeys Like Becky

97 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1999

Monkeys Like Becky
The first part of this documentary deals with the Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949, one of the first surgeons to apply the technique called lobotomy for the treatment of schizophrenia. The second part deals with the everyday life of people with schizophrenia today: behavior and relationships, and treatment for the disease.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Els Quatre Gats Audiovisuals S.L.
Original title Mones com la Becky
Directors Núria Villazán, Joaquim Jordà
Writers Núria Villazán, Joaquim Jordà

Cast

Valentí Agustí

as Himself

Francisco Franco

as Himself (archive footage)

Joaquim Jordà

as Himself

Carmen Polo

as Herself (archive footage)