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.
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Character: Nise da Silveira
Character: Carlos Pertuis
Character: Emygdio de Barros
Character: Fernando Diniz
Character: Ivone
Character: Otávio Inácio
Character: Mário Magalhães
Character: Mário Pedrosa
Character: Eugênia
Character: Dr. Nelson
Character: Almir
Character: Lúcio
Character: Lima
Character: Marta
Character: Adelina Gomes
Character: Raphael