Brainstorm

Brainstorm

74 mins | Drama | June 22, 2001

A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The maconha cigarrete is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.

Brainstorm

74 mins | Drama | June 22, 2001

Brainstorm
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager, who lives a normal life until his father sends him to a mental institution after finding drugs on his pocket. The maconha cigarrete is just the final drop that exposes the family tragedy. Send to a mental institution, Neto gets to know a completely absurd, inhumane reality in which the people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel institution system. The documentary type language used by the director give this movie a sensation of realty that increases even more the impact of the emotions Neto goes through. In the mental institution, Neto is forced to mature. The transformations that he goes through change this relations with his father.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Gullane Filmes, Nineteen Sound and Imaging Productions, Buriti Filmes, Fabrica Cinema
Original title Bicho de Sete Cabeças
Directors Inez Mulin, Florence Weyne Robert, Laís Bodanzky
Writers Austregésilo Carrano, Luiz Bolognesi

Cast

Rodrigo Santoro

as Wilson Souza Neto

Othon Bastos

as Sr. Wilson Souza (Pai)

Cássia Kis

as Meire Souza (Mãe)

Dani Nefussi

as Irmã de Neto

Gero Camilo

as Ceará

Luis Miranda

as Enfermeiro Marcelo

Caco Ciocler

as Rogério

Gustavo Machado

as Lobo

Jairo Mattos

as Enfermeiro Ivan

Marcos Cesana

as Interno Bil

Altair Lima

as Dr. Cintra

Valéria Alencar

as Leninha

Talita Castro

as Bel

Lineu Dias

as Interno Jornalista

Bicudo Jr.

as Rubens

Rogério Lucas

as Ronaldo

Cláudia Juliana

as Neide

Sérgio Mastropasqua

as Psychiatrist

Elida Marques

as Insurance Speech