2017
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 46 m

2017
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 46 m

Summary 1940’s, Brazil- Dr. Nise da Silveira (Played by award-winning actress Gloria Pires) is at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock for the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced to take the abandoned Sector for Occupational Therapy, ...

Directed By: Roberto Berliner

Written By: Flávia Castro, Mauricio Lissovsky, Maria Camargo, Chris Alcazar, Patrícia Andrade, Leonardo Rocha, Roberto Berliner

2017
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 46 m

2017
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 46 m

Nise: The Heart of Madness

Name: Nise: The Heart of Madness
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: 2017-04-28
Duration: 1 min 46 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Glória Pires, Luciana Fregolente, Simone Mazzer, Fabrício Boliveira, Zé Mário Farias

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Directed By: Roberto Berliner

Written By: Flávia Castro, Mauricio Lissovsky, Maria Camargo, Chris Alcazar, Patrícia Andrade, Leonardo Rocha, Roberto Berliner

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The New York Times

Apr 27, 2017

It’s a study of courageous innovation against an entrenched medical orthodoxy.

By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Apr 26, 2017

Unlike in so many films, here the actors’ portrayals of psychiatric patients’ conditions — and their humanity — ring true.

By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 26, 2017

Buoyed by Andre Horta’s often documentary-style camerawork, the script is respectful of the truth, refusing to exaggerate for the sake of the drama even when there are multiple opportunities to do so.

By Jonathan Holland FULL REVIEW

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Production Company TVZero

Release Date Apr 28, 2017

Duration 1 h 46 m

Rating Not Rated

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Tagline Art to cure the madness.

Website https://www.facebook.com/Nise-O-Coração-da-Loucura-266157480114918/

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Awards

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

• 1 Win & 7 Nominations

Prêmio Guarani

• 6 Nominations

Tokyo International Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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Glória Pires

Nise da Silveira

Luciana Fregolente

Eugênia

Simone Mazzer

Adelina Gomes

Fabrício Boliveira

Fernando Diniz

Zé Mário Farias

Enfermeiro

Julio Adrião

Carlos Pertius

Michel Bercovitch

Dr. César

Felipe Rocha

Almir Mavignier

Zécarlos Machado

Dr. Nelson

Tadeu Aguiar

Dr. Mourão

Fernando Eiras

Mário Magalhães

Augusto Madeira

Lima

Roney Villela

Lúcio Noeman

Roberta Rodrigues

Ivone Lara

Flavio Bauraqui

Octávio Ignácio

Bernardo Marinho

Raphael Domingues

Claudio Jaborandy

Emygdio de Barros

Georgiana Góes

Martha Pires

Charles Fricks

Mário Pedrosa

Pedro Kosowski

Dr. Letier

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