Nise: O Coração da Loucura
Directed by Roberto Berliner
Starring Glória Pires, Julio Adrião, Claudio Jaborandy, Fabrício Boliveira, Roberta Rodrigues, Flávio Bauraqui, Fernando Eiras, Charles Fricks, Luciana Fregolente, Zé Carlos Machado
Sad / low
ExhaustedAfter 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.
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Screenplay
- Flávia Castro, Maurício Lissovski, Patrícia Andrade, Chris Alcazar
- Cinematography
- André Horta
- Cast
- Fabrício Boliveira, Roberta Rodrigues, Flávio Bauraqui, Fernando Eiras, Charles Fricks, Luciana Fregolente, Zé Carlos Machado, Felipe Rocha, Roney Villela
Updated July 22, 2026
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