Nise: The Heart of Madness

Nise: The Heart of Madness

106 mins | Drama | April 21, 2016

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.

Nise: The Heart of Madness

106 mins | Drama | April 21, 2016

Nise: The Heart of Madness
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers TV Zero
Original title Nise: O Coração da Loucura
Directors Cecília Carvalhal, Leonardo Rocha, Roberto Berliner
Writers Chris Alcazar, Maria Camargo, Leonardo Rocha, Maurício Lissovski, Flávia Castro, Roberto Berliner, Patrícia Andrade

Cast

Glória Pires

as Nise da Silveira

Julio Adrião

as Carlos Pertuis

Claudio Jaborandy

as Emygdio de Barros

Fabrício Boliveira

as Fernando Diniz

Flávio Bauraqui

as Otávio Inácio

Fernando Eiras

as Mário Magalhães

Charles Fricks

as Mário Pedrosa

Luciana Fregolente

as Eugênia

Zé Carlos Machado

as Dr. Nelson

Felipe Rocha

as Almir

Roney Villela

as Lúcio

Augusto Madeira

as Lima

Georgiana Góes

as Marta

Simone Mazzer

as Adelina Gomes

Bernardo Marinho

as Raphael