This Beggar's Description
(2006)
July 19, 2006
(CA)
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Documentary
• 65m
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?
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
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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