Nise: The Heart of Madness

April. 21,2016      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Glória Pires as  Nise da Silveira
Julio Adrião as  Carlos Pertuis
Claudio Jaborandy as  Emygdio de Barros
Fabrício Boliveira as  Fernando Diniz
Roberta Rodrigues as  Ivone
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

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