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Monkeys Like Becky

Documentary
6.6·1999·1h 37m

The first part of this documentary deals with the Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949, one of the first surgeo...

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Valentí Agustí

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Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco

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Joaquín Jordá

Joaquín Jordá

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João Maria Pinto

João Maria Pinto

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Carmen Polo

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Marian Varela

DIRECTORS

Joaquín Jordá, Núria Villazán

OVERVIEW

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.