This Beggar's Description (2006)
• July 19th, 2006 • 1h 5min
Documentary
Overview
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?
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Circle
Released on: 1967-01-01
Documentary
Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre o...
Picture Proof
Released on: 2023-03-04
Documentary
Examines the intergenerational impact of addiction by chronicling the love, labor, loss, and uncerta...
Merton: A Film Biography
Released on: 1984-01-01
Documentary
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...
Love, Ava
Released on: 2020-03-26
Documentary
Keenly aware that his niece is going through a particularly rough time at home, Uncle James teaches ...
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
Released on: 2005-04-07
Documentary, Drama
What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitle...
Arctic Tale
Released on: 2007-06-17
Documentary, Family
Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of ...
Timuti
Released on: 2012-01-01
Documentary
In Inukjuak, an Inuit community in the Eastern Arctic, a baby boy has come into the world and they c...
The Language of Trees
Released on: 1983-01-01
Documentary, TV Movie
An exploration on Paz's poetry by Paz himself, his childhood, his ideas about love and the nature of...
Dear Thirteen
Released on: 2022-11-13
Documentary
A nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age i...
Cows Knocked Up by Fog
Released on: 2002-10-26
Documentary
Catchy mix of farce and documentary. Portrait of a Berlin theatre company made up entirely of the ho...
Muck! men sen då - Kenneth Viken?
Released on: 2017-05-30
Documentary
For almost half of his life, Kenneth Viken has been in prison, and he does not know how many times h...
Hola, mi nombre es Oscar Lucero i les tengo una pregunta
Released on: 2018-04-17
Documentary
A film about the poet Oscar Lucero during the year 2012 in La Legua.
Voices
Released on: 2013-01-01
Documentary, Family
Voices is an award-winning documentary that features the stark and intimate portraits of three very ...
untitled minneapolis project
Released on: 2025-05-16
Documentary
A homeless man living in a encampment in Minneapolis tells his perspective on the ongoing crisis of ...
Dearest Viet
Released on: 2025-02-28
Documentary
Born a conjoined twin due to the effects of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War, Duc Nguyen, no...