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1999

Monkeys Like Becky

Directed by Joaquín Jordá

The first part of this documentary deals with the Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949, one of the first surgeons to apply the technique called lobotomy for the treatment of schizophrenia. The second part deals with the everyday life of people with schizophrenia today: behavior and relationships, and treatment for the disease.

Duration

1h 37m

Released

January 1, 1999

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Cast6

  • Valentí Agustí
  • Francisco Franco
  • Joaquín Jordá
  • João Maria Pinto
  • Carmen Polo
  • Marian Varela

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