This Beggar's Description

This Beggar's Description

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 19, 2006

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

This Beggar's Description

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Pierre Tétrault

Description

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?