Jimmy P.
– Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A P..
Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins experiencing unexplainable symptoms shortly thereafter. He travels to the famous Winter Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, where he meets Devereux (Amalric), thus beginning a professional and personal friendship guided by compassion and understanding of Native American culture.
11 Sep 2013
English
Arnaud Desplechin
Georges Devereux (based on "Reality and Dreams" by), Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr, Kent Jones, Sherman Alexie (verses from poem "Tribal Ceremony")
Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Thrush, Gary Farmer, Larry Pine
A troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst as they try to find a cure to his suffering.
6 nominations.
IFC Films