This Beggar's Description (2006)
1h 5m
Running Time
July 19, 2006Release Date
This Beggar's Description (2006)
1h 5m
Running Time
July 19, 2006Release Date
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Plot.
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?
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This Movie Is About.
schizophrenia
poetry
homeless person
homelessness
mental breakdown
poet
montreal
jail
mental institution
writer
family
mental patient
mental illness
street life
mental instability
homeless
mentally ill
mentally unstable