Nise: O Coração da Loucura
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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.
Nise: The Heart of Madness is a 2016 Brazilian drama film following Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist who revolutionized mental health treatment by rejecting electroshock therapy in favor of occupational therapy, art, and compassion. Released in April 2016, the film chronicles her defiant work at a Rio de Janeiro psychiatric hospital and her groundbreaking approach to treating schizophrenia.
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Glória PiresNise da Silveira
Julio AdriãoCarlos Pertuis
Claudio JaborandyEmygdio de Barros
Fabrício BoliveiraFernando Diniz
Roberta RodriguesIvone
Flávio BauraquiOtávio Inácio
Fernando EirasMário Magalhães
Charles FricksMário Pedrosa
Luciana FregolenteEugênia
Zé Carlos MachadoDr. Nelson
Felipe RochaAlmir
Roney VillelaLúcio
Augusto MadeiraLima
Georgiana GóesMarta
Simone MazzerAdelina Gomes
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When was Nise: The Heart of Madness released?
The film was released on April 21, 2016.
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The film tells the true story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, who after her release from prison begins working at a psychiatric hospital where she pioneers an alternative treatment approach using painting, animals, and human connection instead of the violent electroshock therapy standard at the time.
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