This Beggar's Description

Duration: 65 min
Release date: 2006-07-19
IMDB

It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. A promising athlete as a child, Philip began experiencing mood swings in his early 20s. His extended family, including his daughter, share their conflicted feelings love, guilt, shame, anger with the camera. They want to make sure he's safe, but how much can they take?

Documentary

This Beggar's Description

Casting arrow_drop_down

arrow_drop_down

Crew arrow_drop_down

Similar Films

  • Recoger El Viento
  • Ekerwald - bildning och lust
  • Memorie
  • Titicut Follies
  • L'Arbre et le Soleil
  • War on Drugs: The Prison Industrial Complex
  • KHAMAICA
  • Nostalgias del Far West
  • The Changing Face Of Salford Collection
  • Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel
  • Memory Books - Damit du mich nie vergisst...
  • Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker?
  • O rządach miłości
  • Brothers After War
  • Efter dig
  • Stories Are in Our Bones

NextFilm 2025