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
Petit Rempart
Released on: 2025-04-05
Documentary
Mariem, 53, a former estate agent, has been living at a shelter for several months. Surrounded by wo...
Ours to Tell
Released on: 2020-01-21
Documentary
Four people - Brittany, Hannah, Nick, and Ylonda - tell their stories about how access to abortion i...
Inseparable Sisters
Released on: 2024-02-21
Documentary
An uplifting insight into the lives of seven-year-old conjoined twins, who weren’t expected to live ...
The Garden of Goodness
Released on: 2025-01-24
Documentary
The moving story of Milena Boeva, a passionate woman who finds a one-of-a-kind sanctuary where young...
My Vietnam, Your Iraq
Released on: 2011-05-01
Documentary
My Vietnam Your Iraq tells the stories of Vietnam veterans and their children who have served in Ira...
Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun
Released on: 2023-02-25
Documentary
An intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father an...
The Last Shore
Released on: 2025-04-10
Documentary
In January 2017, a video showing a young Gambian man named Pateh Sabally drowning in the waters of V...
Deleted
Released on:
Documentary
A short documentary following the last 5 hours of a 59-years-old man, Ahmed before becoming homeless...
Fernanda Young: Foge-me ao Controle
Released on: 2024-08-29
Documentary
A dive into the intimate and creative universe of writer, screenwriter, and presenter Fernanda Young...
49 Up
Released on: 2006-10-06
Documentary
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-base...
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Released on: 1979-10-01
Documentary
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pur...
Retratação
Released on: 2019-10-04
Documentary
Fernando Lemos, a Portuguese surrealist artist, fled from dictatorship to Brazil in 1952 searching f...
After You
Released on: 2013-01-30
Documentary
"My mother is spending all her time with her dying father. I’m spending all my time filming her. As ...