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In the Name of Reason (1979)

In the Name of Reason (1979)

Documentary
Release Date: 1979, May 25
Directors: Helvécio Ratton
Countries: Brazil
Production: Quimera Filmes

Overview:

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.