Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Nise: The Heart of Madness
Nise: The Heart of Madness

Nise: The Heart of Madness

Genres

Drama

OverView

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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Runtime

106 mins

Rating

8.2/10

Release Date

21 April 2016

Country

Brazil

Cast

Glória Pires

Glória Pires

Nise da Silveira

Julio Adrião

Julio Adrião

Carlos Pertuis

Claudio Jaborandy

Claudio Jaborandy

Emygdio de Barros

Fabrício Boliveira

Fabrício Boliveira

Fernando Diniz

Roberta Rodrigues

Roberta Rodrigues

Ivone

Flávio Bauraqui

Flávio Bauraqui

Otávio Inácio

Fernando Eiras

Fernando Eiras

Mário Magalhães

Charles Fricks

Charles Fricks

Mário Pedrosa

Luciana Fregolente

Luciana Fregolente

Eugênia

Zécarlos Machado

Zécarlos Machado

Dr. Nelson

Felipe Rocha

Felipe Rocha

Almir

Roney Villela

Roney Villela

Lúcio

Augusto Madeira

Augusto Madeira

Lima

Georgiana Góes

Georgiana Góes

Marta

Simone Mazzer

Simone Mazzer

Adelina Gomes

Bernardo Marinho

Bernardo Marinho

Raphael

Similar Movies

6.9

Viva Zapata!

February 1952 •English

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

4.9

Easy Living

September 2017 •English

Sherry Graham, a self-destructive makeup saleswoman, hopes a new man and business venture will provide her a fresh start. After her plans are foiled, she takes control of her life in a dramatic turn of events.

6.8

Lane 1974

March 2017 •English

At 13 years old and the eldest of three kids, Lane struggles to keep her family together as her iconoclast mother moves without warning through the communes and dusty back woods of Northern California.

7.1

Quién te cantará

October 2018 •Spanish

Lila, a famous retired singer, loses her memory after suffering an accident, just as she planned her return to the stage.

3.7

Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina

April 1941 •Finnish

At the eve of Crimean war orphaned Regina lives with her grandmother in a small cabin near a lavish villa. As the summer approaches there is great anticipation of a big ball to be held.

7.5

Walk the Line

September 2005 •English

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

7.7

The Straight Story

October 1999 •English

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

8.4

The Pianist

September 2002 •English

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

8.6

Schindler's List

December 1993 •English

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

7.3

Sissi

December 1955 •German

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

7.1

Sissi: The Young Empress

December 1956 •German

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.

7.2

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

December 1957 •German

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.

7.4

Erin Brockovich

March 2000 •English

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

4.9

The Grim Sleeper

March 2014 •English

Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.

0.0

Hot

May 2015 •Hebrew

A rumor spreads through a small desert town that a girl has been raped. A respected veteran tries to stop the girl's cousin, a soldier in vacation, from taking the law into his own hands.

5.9

The Rise of Catherine the Great

February 1934 •English

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.

6.0

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

September 1934 •English

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

6.5

Enid

November 2009 •English

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but her personal struggles often proved too much.

6.0

The Beginning of the Legend

April 1977 •Russian

The film tells about the childhood of Yuri Gagarin, about that time of life, which, in his own words, played an important role in shaping his character: war, the occupation of their villages by the Germans, famine, the theft of the elder brother and sister to Germany, the expulsion of the Nazis from Smolensk, moving family in the city of Gzhatsk.

5.6

Monsieur Max

January 2007 •French

Portrait of a homosexual bohemian who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and was captured by the Gestapo in the 1940s.