Movie·1999·1h 37m
Monkeys Like Becky
Country
Spain
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
Original title: 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.
Editor
Sergi Dies
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
5 votes
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// cast
Cast
Valentí Agustí
Himself
Francisco Franco
Himself (archive footage)
Joaquín Jordá
Himself
João Maria Pinto
Carmen Polo
Herself (archive footage)
Marian Varela
// crew
Crew
Joaquín Jordá
Writer, Director
Núria Villazán
Director, Writer
Sergi Dies
Editor
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