Nise: The Heart of Madness

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Nise: The Heart of Madness

2017

1h 46m

Biography

Drama

History

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In the 1950s, a psychiatrist in Brazil convinces modern art museums to open their doors to unheard of artists.

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Bilge Ebiri

Spirituality & Health

03/23/2020

This is a heartfelt, respectful film, and it eventually focuses its attention-wisely-on the patients themselves, the individuals whose lives are affected most by Nise's therapies.

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Jonathan Holland

The Hollywood Reporter

04/28/2017

Elegantly [combines] a triumph-over-adversity yarn with a sensitive exploration of the redemptive power of artistic creation.

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Daphne Howland

Village Voice

04/28/2017

Unlike in so many films, here the actors' portrayals of psychiatric patients' conditions -- and their humanity -- ring true.

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Ray Pride

Newcity

04/29/2017

7/10

Classically well-shaped and captivating in its small, well-observed gestures of behavior and of color and shape which pour from her patients' subconscious.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

04/28/2017

4.5/5

Nise - The Heart Of Madness is a brilliantly rendered slice of history which touches on numerous subjects and really does justice to the people it portrays.

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08/09/2018

Great movie! Super sad though.

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04/08/2017

Hieno, tositapahtumiin perustuva elokuva psykiatrista joka päättää hylätä sähköshokkihoidot sekä lobotomian ja alkaa hoitaa potilaitaan mm. taideterapian avulla. (y) (Suom. Nise -hulluuden sydämessä)

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Roberto Berliner

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Gloria Pires

Nise da Silveira

Augusto Madeira

Lima

Bernardo Marinho

Raphael

Charles Fricks

Mário Pedrosa

Cláudio Jaborandy

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Synopsis

In the 1950s, a psychiatrist in Brazil convinces modern art museums to open their doors to unheard of artists.

Director: Roberto Berliner
Producer: Rodrigo Letier, Lorena Bondarovsky
Screenwriter: Flávia Castro, Mauricio Lissovski, Maria Camargo, Patrícia Andrade, Chris Alcazar, Roberto Berliner, Leonardo Rocha
Distributor: Outsider Pictures, Strand Releasing
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 28, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 46m