Nise: The Heart of Madness

Nise: The Heart of Madness
The movie poster for Nise: The Heart of Madness
PortugueseNise: O Coração da Loucura
Directed byRoberto Berliner
Written byPatrícia Andrade
Leonardo Rocha
Roberto Berliner
Flávia Castro
Maurício Lissovsky
Chris Alcazar
Maria Camargo
Based onThe life of Nise da Silveira
Produced byRodrigo Letler
Starring
CinematographyAndre Horta
Edited byPedro Bronz
Leonardo Domingues
Production
company
Release dates
  • 25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) (Tokyo International Film Festival)
  • 21 April 2016 (2016-04-21) (Brazil)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Nise: The Heart of Madness (Portuguese: Nise: O Coração da Loucura) is a 2015 Brazilian docudrama film directed by Roberto Berliner. Starring Glória Pires, the film is based on the life of psychiatrist Nise da Silveira, a pioneer of occupational therapy in Brazil. Nise also features Fabrício Boliveira, Fernando Eiras, Perfeito Fortuna, Roberta Rodrigues, Augusto Madeira, Simone Mazzer, and Zé Carlos Machado.[1]

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