This Beggar's Description

This Beggar's Description (2006)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2006-07-19
  • Runtime: 1h 5min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ONF | NFB
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Director: Pierre Tétrault

Summary

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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  • Phil Tétrault

    as Self
Directing Pierre Tétrault Director

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