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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.
Sep 11, 2013 · Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian: Directed by Arnaud Desplechin. With Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Thrush, Gary Farmer, Larry Pine. A troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst as they try to find a cure to his suffering.
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- Biography, Drama, Thriller
- Arnaud Desplechin
- 2013-09-11
At the end of WWII, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, suffers from unexplainable symptoms and is admitted to a military hospital. When doctors suspect schizophrenia, an eccentric psychoanalyst takes up the case and starts a conversation with the veteran.
May 18, 2013 · Cannes Film Review: ‘Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian)’. This demanding but highly absorbing two-hander showcases Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric at the top of their craft. By...
Jimmy P - Official US Trailer. A Native American veteran suffering from a series of psychological issues develops a deeply powerful friendship with his progressive French psychoanalyst as they discover and attempt to understand the source of his illness.
May 20, 2013 · Shot in English, “Jimmy P., Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian” is based on a book by Georges Devereux, an early French psychotherapist, about an American Indian veteran of World War II.
Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, the film follows the true story of Picard, a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, who underwent psychotherapy with Devereux as he returned from WWII and began experiencing unexplainable symptoms shortly thereafter.
