Synopsis
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. 
Original title Nise: O Coração da Loucura
TMDb Rating 8.2 126 votes
Director
Director
Cast
Nise da Silveira
Carlos Pertuis
Emygdio de Barros
Fernando Diniz
Ivone
Otávio Inácio
Mário Magalhães
Mário Pedrosa
Eugênia
Dr. Nelson
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