Nise: The Heart of Madness
{{short description|2015 docudrama directed by Roberto Berliner}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Nise: The Heart of Madness
| image = File:Nise The Heart of Madness.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The movie poster for Nise: The Heart of Madness
| native_name = {{infobox name module|pt|Nise: O Coração da Loucura}}
| director = Roberto Berliner
| writer = Patrícia Andrade
Leonardo Rocha
Roberto Berliner
Flávia Castro
Maurício Lissovsky
Chris Alcazar
Maria Camargo
| producer = Rodrigo Letler
| studio = TV Zero
| cinematography = Andre Horta
| editing = Pedro Bronz
Leonardo Domingues
| based_on = The life of Nise da Silveira
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Glória Pires
- {{ill|Simone Mazzer|pt}}
- Julio Adrião
- {{ill|Cláudio Jaborandy|pt}}
- {{ill|Fabrício Boliveira|pt}}
- {{ill|Roney Villela|pt}}
- {{ill|Flávio Bauraqui|pt}}
- {{ill|Bernardo Marinho|pt}}
- Roberta Rodrigues
- {{ill|Augusto Madeira|pt}}
- {{ill|Zé Carlos Machado|pt}}
}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|10|25|Tokyo International Film Festival|2016|04|21|Brazil}}
| language = Portuguese
| country = Brazil
}}
Nise: The Heart of Madness ({{langx|pt|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.
Plot
In 1944, the doctor Nise da Silveira returns to work in a psychiatric hospital in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro and refuses to use electroshock and lobotomy in the treatment of schizophrenics. Insulated from the other doctors, she must reorganize the abandoned occupational-therapy sector, where she forms a new clinical approach of listening and observing, further alienating herself from her colleagues. Insisting that those under her care be referred to as clients, rather than patients, she encourages the freedom of expression through art, discovering her clients' talents. She opens the Casa das Palmeiras, a clinic and studio, at the hospital, and later starts a museum dedicated to her clients' artwork.
Production
According to director Roberto Berliner, the idea for Nise came from Bernardo Horta, brother of the film's director of photography, André Horta. André started organizing some of da Silveira's writing, then passed the project to Berliner in 2003. In all, research for the film took 13 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/caderno-g/cinema/nise---ocoracao-da-loucura-retrata-a-psiquiatra-que-descobriu-genios-6cnackxa1olwfmhm17vapiqs7|title="Nise - O Coração da Loucura" retrata a psiquiatra que descobriu gênios|language=pt|trans-title="Nise - The Heart of Madness" portrays the psychiatrist who discovered geniuses|date=21 April 2016|first=Anderson|last=Gonçalves|publisher=GRPcom|work=Gazeta do Povo|accessdate=7 August 2017}}
=Release=
The film was released over 3 years in different parts of the world. In 2015, it was released in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/brazilian-drama-nise-wins-tokyo-festival-1201631028/|title=Brazilian Drama 'Nise' Wins Tokyo Festival Grand Prix|first=Mark|last=Schilling|date=31 October 2015|accessdate=7 August 2017|work=Variety}} Throughout 2016, it was released in Sweden, France, Brazil, and the Netherlands.{{IMDb title|2168180}} In 2017, it was released in the United States by Outsider Pictures and Strand Releasing.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/outsider-strand-nise-the-heart-of-madness-1201775025/|title=Cannes: Outsider, Strand Take U.S. On 'Nise'|first=John|last=Hopewell|accessdate=7 August 2017|date=15 May 2016|work=Variety}}
In 2018, it was released to selected (about 600) screens in mainland China from January 5 through February 4.{{Cite web |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZiqPKATk6nZaNw6-538aRw |title = 这部豆瓣八分、获奖无数的电影，终于要上映了 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180104122632/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZiqPKATk6nZaNw6-538aRw |archive-date=4 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}
Reception
=Critical response=
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Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called it "a mesmerizing drama",{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/movies/nise-review.html?_r=0|title=Review: 'Nise', the Therapist Who Resisted Lobotomies|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|date=27 April 2017|work=The New York Times|accessdate=7 August 2017}} Daphne Howland of The Village Voice wrote "the actors’ portrayals ... ring true",{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/04/26/patient-docu-drama-nise-the-heart-of-madness-celebrates-a-brazilian-therapists-breakthrough-in-mental-health-treatment/|title=Patient Docu-Drama "Nise: The Heart of Madness" Celebrates a Brazilian Therapist's Breakthrough in Mental-Health Treatment|first=Daphne|last=Howland|date=26 April 2017|work=The Village Voice|accessdate=7 August 2017}} Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter called it "heartwarming but unsentimental",{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/nise-heart-madness-nise-o-833107|title='Nise — The Heart of Madness' ('Nise — O Coracao da Loucura'): Rio de Janeiro Review|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=26 April 2017|accessdate=7 August 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} and J. R. Jones of the Chicago Reader wrote that it "has its powerful moments but ... turns into a black-and-white struggle between a caring, enlightened woman and a cadre of hard-hearted, benighted men."{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/nise-the-heart-of-madness/Film?oid=26324680|title=Nise: The Heart of Madness|first=J.R.|last=Jones|date=27 April 2017|accessdate=7 August 2017|work=Chicago Reader}}
=Accolades=
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|rowspan=3|2015
|Nise: The Heart of Madness
|Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Film{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/nise-the-heart-of-madness-clip-1201809492/|title='NISE: The Heart of Madness' Clip Finds Beauty in Chaos in New Historical Drama|first=Kate|last=Erbland|date=26 April 2017|accessdate=7 August 2017|work=IndieWire}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tokyo-film-festival-brazilian-drama-835808|title=Tokyo Film Festival: Brazilian Drama 'Nise' Wins Grand Prix|first=Patrick|last=Brzeski|date=31 October 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=7 August 2017}}
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|Glória Pires
|Tokyo International Film Festival Grand Prix for Best Actress
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|Rio Film Festival Audience Award
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| rowspan=2 |2016
|IndieWire Critic's Poll Best Undistributed Film{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/ernesto-diezmartinez-best-films-2016-performances-critic-ballot-1201759233/|title=2016 IndieWire Critics Poll: Ernesto Diezmartinez|date=5 December 2016|accessdate=7 August 2017|work=IndieWire}}
|{{nom}}
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|IndieWire Critic's Poll Best Overlooked Film
|{{nom}}
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