This Beggar's Description

Film

This Beggar's Description

20061h 5mDocumentary
Canada
Director
Pierre Tétrault
Year
2006

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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Directed by

Pierre Tétrault