In the Name of Reason

05/25/1979

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0hr 24min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

    Director

  • Helvécio Ratton

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Quimera Filmes

    Production Countries

  • Brazil

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese

Cast