On January 1, 2003, in the south of Brazil, Laura, matriarch of a family of the upper middle class, found his family in their country house, for a Sunday meal. But on this day of President Lula's inauguration, nothing is going according to plan. As an echo to this political earthquake, everything seems to be deregulated in the property: the domestic revolt, the house is visibly...

尼斯·达·西尔维拉（Nise da Silveira）医生回到里约热内卢郊区的精神病医院工作。她拒绝采用新型高强度电击疗法来治疗精神分裂症患者。其他医生对其冷嘲热讽，她不得不使用医院已被废弃的作业治疗区开展工作。尼斯用图画、小狗和爱来帮助病人，开启了一场“革命”。