Bibliograph

Jimmy P., IFC Films, Worldview Entertainment and Why Not Productions present ; a film by Arnaud Desplechin ; screenplay by Arnaud Desplecihin

Type

Label

Jimmy P., IFC Films, Worldview Entertainment and Why Not Productions present ; a film by Arnaud Desplechin ; screenplay by Arnaud Desplecihin

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Jimmy P.

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

880943423

Responsibility statement

IFC Films, Worldview Entertainment and Why Not Productions present ; a film by Arnaud Desplechin ; screenplay by Arnaud Desplecihin

Runtime

117

Summary

Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France during WWII, is admitted to Topeka Military Hospital in Kansas, an institution specializing in mental illness. Although he does not suffer any psychological causes for his painful symptoms, 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

Technique

live action

Classification