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Monkeys Like Becky

Monkeys Like Becky

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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , Portuguese , Spanish
📆 Date Released: 1999-01-01
⌚ Running Time: 97 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.5

Beloved Cast

Valentí Agustí original image
Himself
Valentí Agustí
Francisco Franco original image
Himself (archive footage)
Francisco Franco
Joaquim Jordà i Català original image
Himself
Joaquim Jordà i Català
João Maria Pinto original image
João Maria Pinto
Carmen Polo original image
Herself (archive footage)
Carmen Polo
Marian Varela original image
Marian Varela

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