In the Name of Reason
1979 · 24 min · Documentary
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.
- Director
- Helvécio Ratton
- Released
- May 25, 1979
- Language
- Portuguese
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