Nise: The Heart of Madness

Name: Nise: The Heart of Madness
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: April 28, 2017
Duration: 106 min

2017

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: April 28, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: 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,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.… Expand

Director: Roberto Berliner

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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Neil Genzlinger

Apr 27, 2017

It’s a study of courageous innovation against an entrenched medical orthodoxy. Read full review

Daphne Howland

Apr 26, 2017

Unlike in so many films, here the actors’ portrayals of psychiatric patients’ conditions — and their humanity — ring true. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Apr 26, 2017

Buoyed by Andre Horta’s often documentary-style camerawork, the script is respectful of the truth, refusing to exaggerate for the sake of the drama even when there are multiple opportunities to do so. Read full review

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