Monkeys Like Becky

Directed by Joaquim Jordà i Català and Núria Villazán
1999    1h 37m
6.7
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.
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Cast of Monkeys Like Becky
  • Valentí AgustíHimself
  • Francisco FrancoHimself (archive footage)
  • Joaquim Jordà i CatalàHimself
  • João Maria Pinto
  • Carmen PoloHerself (archive footage)
  • Marian Varela

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