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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, where she starts a revolution through paints, dogs and love.
Through her efforts, renowned modern art museums opened their doors to artists nobody ever heard of. Many critics pointed out that these exhibitions revealed painters that went on to be ranked amongst the best Brazillian artists of the century. Behind this miracle there was no art academy, patron or dealer. The artists were schizophrenic, poor, hospitalized for several decades, abandoned by their families and hopeless to all but da Silveira. NISE:THE HEART OF MADNESS tells the real life story of this "miracle" and the life of this rebellious, frail and engaging psychiatrist.
Original Release
04/21/2016
US Release
04/28/2017
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Gloria Pires | Nise da Silveira |
Luciana Fregolente | Eugênia |
Simone Mazzer | Adelina Gomes |
Fabrício Boliveira | Fernando Diniz |
Zé Mário Farias | Enfermeiro |
Júlio Adrião | Carlos Pertuis / Carlos Pertius |
Michel Bercovitch | Dr. César |
Felipe Rocha | Almir / Almir Mavignier |
Zécarlos Machado | Dr. Nelson |
Tadeu Aguiar | Dr. Mourão |
Directors
Writers
Roberto Berliner, Flávia Castro, Mauricio Lissovski, Maria Camargo, Chris Alcazar, Patrícia Andrade, Leonardo Rocha, Patrícia Andrade
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gloria Pires | Nise da Silveira |
Luciana Fregolente | Eugênia |
Simone Mazzer | Adelina Gomes |
Fabrício Boliveira | Fernando Diniz |
Zé Mário Farias | Enfermeiro |
Júlio Adrião | Carlos Pertuis / Carlos Pertius |
Michel Bercovitch | Dr. César |
Felipe Rocha | Almir / Almir Mavignier |
Zécarlos Machado | Dr. Nelson |
Tadeu Aguiar | Dr. Mourão |
Fernando Eiras | Mário Magalhães |
Augusto Madeira | Lima |
Roney Villela | Lúcio Noeman / Lúcio |
Roberta Rodrigues | Ivone / Ivone Lara |
Flávio Bauraqui | Octávio Ignácio / Otávio Inácio |
Bernardo Marinho | Raphael / Raphael Domingues |
Claudio Jaborandy | Emygdio de Barros |
Georgiana Góes | Marta / Martha Pires |
Charles Fricks | Mário Pedrosa |
Pedro Kosowski | Dr. Letier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lorena Bondarovsky | Executive Producer |
Andre Horta | Producer |
Rodrigo Letier | Producer |
Luiz Carlos Mello | Producer |
François Wolf | Producer |