Jimmy P. Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian

Produced in 2013

Film Information

Festival Edition 2013 - Edition 13

Section Panorama

Director Arnaud Desplechin

Country France

Duration 114 min

Language English

Producer Pascal Caucheteux, Jennifer Roth

Screenplay Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr, Kent Jones

Cast Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee, Larry Pine

Genre Drama

Synopsis

At the end of World War II, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, is admitted to Topeka Military Hospital in Kansas – an institution specializing in mental illness. Jimmy suffers from numerous symptoms: dizzy spells, temporary blindness, hearing loss... In the absence of any physiological causes, he is diagnosed as schizophrenic. Nevertheless, the hospital management decides to seek the opinion of Georges Devereux, a French anthropologist, psychoanalyst and specialist in Native American culture.

Full Description

At the end of World War II, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, is admitted to Topeka Military Hospital in Kansas—an institution specializing in mental illness. Jimmy suffers from numerous symptoms: dizzy spells, temporary blindness, hearing loss... In the absence of any physiological causes, he is diagnosed as schizophrenic. Nevertheless, the hospital management decides to seek the opinion of Georges Devereux, a French anthropologist, psychoanalyst, and specialist in Native American culture.