Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013)

Original title

Jimmy P.

Directed by

Arnaud Desplechin

Genre

drama film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 130 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Blackfoot Native American war veteran seeks help at a Kansas hospital for puzzling physical and mental symptoms. A French ethnologist and psychoanalyst works with him to understand the root of his suffering through traditional talk therapy.

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What happens

Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian is a 2013 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin. Jimmy P. stars Benicio del Toro as title character Jimmy Picard, a Blackfoot Native American who has returned to Montana from World War II and suffers debilitating symptoms. Mathieu Amalric, who has appeared in most of Arnaud Desplechin’s films, plays George Devereux, a French doctor of Hungarian-Jewish background. He is called in as a specialist in ethnology and psychoanalysis. Jimmy P. is primarily based on Devereux's book, Reality and Dream: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (1951). The film is set at a veterans' hospital in Topeka, Kansas, during the pioneering days of psychoanalysis in the United States. Jimmy P. was released commercially in Europe in September 2013, and was released in the US and Canada in early 2014. It received a nomination for the Palme d'Or at 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and in January 2014, three nominations at the 39th César Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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