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Monkeys Like Becky (1999)

★ 6.6/10 97 min Documentary Spain Spanish
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Valentí Agustí Himself
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Himself (archive footage)
Joaquín Jordá
Joaquín Jordá Himself
João Maria Pinto
João Maria Pinto
Carmen Polo Herself (archive footage)
Marian Varela

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