Nise: The Heart of Madness
- Year
- 2017
- Description
- Cast includes Julio Adrião, Flávio Bauraqui, Fabrício Boliveira, Fernando Eiras, Claudio Jaborandy, Simone Mazzer, and Glória Pires.
Dramatized biography of Dr. Nise da Silveira (played by Glória Pires), who was jailed for adhering to Marxism and then after her release developed art therapy and used service dogs to treat her patients with schizophrenia in a Rio de Janeiro hospital instead of implementing the brutal practices of 1940s psychiatry. - Director
- Berliner, Roberto
- Writer
- Alcazar, Chris; Camargo, Maria; Castro, Flávia; Lissovski, Mauricio
- Producer
- Letier, Rodrigo
- Cinematographer
- Horta, André
- Editor
- Bronz, Pedro; Domingues, Leonardo
- Production Team
- Imagem Films, TvZERO, and Strand Releasing Home Video
- Genre
- Feature Film
Drama - Language
- Portuguese with English subtitles
- Other Title
- Nise: O coração da loucura
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (106 min.) or 1 streaming video (106 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Updated
- 12-20-2022
Production Information
Film InformationReviews
New York Times, Apr. 27, 2017Video Librarian, Nov.–Dec. 2017, 32