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Nise: The Heart of Madness

Release Date:Release date TBD

Running Time:106 min

Genres:Drama

Director

Cast

Glória Pires Julio Adrião Claudio Jaborandy Fabrício Boliveira Roberta Rodrigues Flávio Bauraqui Fernando Eiras Charles Fricks Luciana Fregolente Zécarlos Machado Felipe Rocha Roney Villela

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Synopsis

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.

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