Monkeys Like Becky

  • Rated 6.6 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1999
  • 1h 37m
  • Documentary

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.

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Director
Núria Villazán
Starring
Valentí Agustí, Francisco Franco, Joaquín Jordá, João Maria Pinto

Cast

  • Valentí Agustí

    Himself

  • Francisco Franco

    Francisco Franco

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Joaquín Jordá

    Joaquín Jordá

    Himself

  • João Maria Pinto

    João Maria Pinto

  • Carmen Polo

    Herself (archive footage)

  • Marian Varela

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