Monkeys Like Becky
Monkeys Like Becky

Monkeys Like Becky

6.5(4 votes)
1999
1h 37m
Documentary

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.

Production

Els Quatre Gats Audiovisuals S.L.

Cast

Valentí Agustí

Valentí Agustí

Himself

Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco

Himself (archive footage)

Joaquín Jordá

Joaquín Jordá

Himself

João Maria Pinto

João Maria Pinto

Carmen Polo

Carmen Polo

Herself (archive footage)

Marian Varela

Marian Varela

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