Monkeys Like Becky

1999

97 min

6.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

Núria Villazán

Country

Spain

Cast & Crew

Valentí Agustí

Francisco Franco

Joaquim Jordà i Català

João Maria Pinto

Carmen Polo

Marian Varela

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Monkeys Like Becky

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.

  • Valentí Agustí

  • Francisco Franco

  • Joaquim Jordà i Català

  • João Maria Pinto

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