Movie Description

Em Nome da Razão

(1979)

Overview

The infamous Hospital Colonia de Barbacena (Barbacena Colony Hospital), biggest mental institution of Brazil, once compared to concentration camps of Auschwitz ,opens its gates to a production crew during the country's dictatorship period. This short documentary depicts how mental patients were treated inside the institution and how anyone could end up an intern there for no plausible reason.

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Facts

Original TitleEm Nome da Razão

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1979-05-25

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 24m

Production CompaniesQuimera Filmes

Genres

  • Documentary