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Monkeys Like Becky

65% | Jan 01, 1999 | 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.

Featured Crew

Joaquim Jordà i Català
Writer
Núria Villazán
Writer

Cast

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Francisco Franco
Himself (archive footage)
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Carmen Polo
Herself (archive footage)

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