Nise: The Heart of Madness

Directed by Roberto Berliner

Written by Flávia Castro, Maurício Lissovski, Patrícia Andrade, Chris Alcazar, Maria Camargo

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.

Cast

Glória Pires

Nise da Silveira

Simone Mazzer

Adelina Gomes

Julio Adrião

Carlos Pertuis

Claudio Jaborandy

Emygdio de Barros

Fabrício Boliveira

Fernando Diniz

Roney Villela

Lúcio Noeman

Flávio Bauraqui

Otávio Ignácio

Bernardo Marinho

Raphael Domingues

Augusto Madeira

Lima

Felipe Rocha

Almir

Roberta Rodrigues

Ivone

Georgiana Góes

Martha Pires