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Nise: The Heart of Madness
“Nise: The Heart of Madness” is a Brazilian biographical drama that follows the story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a pioneering psychiatrist who challenges the brutal and inhumane treatments of mental illness in 1940s Brazil. Instead of electroshock therapy and lobotomies, she introduces art and love as therapeutic tools, transforming the lives of her patients and facing resistance from the medical establishment.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Roberto Berliner
Actors: Charles Fricks, Claudio Jaborandy, Fabrício Boliveira, Fernando Eiras, Flávio Bauraqui, Glória Pires, Júlio Adrião, Luciana Fregolente, Roberta Rodrigues, Zé Carlos Machado
Country: Brazil
Company: TVZero
Awards: 4 wins & 12 nominations
Worldwide Gross: $779,275
Duration: 1h 46min
Release: 2016
Release Date: 2016-04-21
IMDb: 7.6
TMDB: 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Metacritic: 8.5
FilmAffinity: 7.4