In the Name of Reason
1979, Portuguese. Directed by Helvécio Ratton.
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.
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- 0h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 25 May 1979
- Original title
- Em Nome da Razão
- Country
- Brazil
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In the Name of Reason isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 May 1979. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed In the Name of Reason?
In the Name of Reason (1979) was directed by Helvécio Ratton.