This Beggar's Description

This Beggar's Description

2006
1h 5m
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Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Production Countries
Canada
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

homeless person schizophrenia poetry homelessness mental breakdown poet montreal, canada jail mental institution writer family mental patient mental illness street life mental instability homeless mentally ill mentally unstable

Quick Facts

Release Date July 19, 2006
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Phil Tétrault
Phil Tétrault

Self

Key Crew

Pierre Tétrault
Director
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