Documentary
In the Name of Reason
User Score8 votes
81%8.1/10
Release1979→
Runtime0H 24M
LanguagePortuguese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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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Director

Helvécio Ratton
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Countries:Brazil
Production:Quimera Filmes












