Monkeys Like Becky (1999)
Mones com la 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.
- Date of release
- 1999-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Joaquín Jordá, Núria Villazán
Casting
- Valentí Agustí — Himself
- Francisco Franco — Himself (archive footage)
- Joaquín Jordá — Himself
- João Maria Pinto
- Carmen Polo — Herself (archive footage)
- Marian Varela
Interesting facts
- Awards: 3 · Nominations: 0. Including: Premi Nacional de Cinema; Premios Ondas 2000; Turia Award for Best Spanish Film
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