Short synopsis : Based on a true story - the development of an extraordinary friendship between a troubled Native American veteran and his maverick French psychoanalyst.

Long synopsis : At the end of World War II, Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France, is admitted to Topeka Military Hospital in Kansas - an institution specializing in mental illness. Jimmy suffers from numerous symptoms: dizzy spells, temporary blindness, hearing loss... and withdrawal. In the absence of any physiological causes, 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. JIMMY P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian) tells the story of the encounter and developing friendship between two men who would never normally have met, and who appear to have nothing in common. Together, they embark on an exploration of Jimmy’s memories and dreams, an experiment they conduct like a couple of detectives, and with an ever-growing complicity.

Cast

• Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Larry Pine, Gina McKee

Crew

• Producer(s): Pascal Caucheteux, Jennifer Roth, Gregoire Sorlat
• Director(s): Arnaud DESPLECHIN
• Screenplay: Arnaud DESPLECHIN, Georges Devereux, Julie PEYR
• DP: Stéphane Fontaine
• Editing: Laurence BRIAUD
• Original Music: Howard Shore
• Set Design: Dina Goldman
• Costume Designer: David Robinson
• Sound Editor: Jamie Scarpuzza

• Genre(s): Drama


• Production company: WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS
• Production date: 2013
• Language: English
• Duration: 114 min
• Image Ratio: 0.00

• Festival de Cannes 2013 - Competition
  
• César Awards 2013 - Nominated
  Award(s) : Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film
• Melbourne International Film Festival 2013
  
• Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie 2013
  
• New York Film Festival 2013
  
• Beirut International Film Festival 2013
  
• Busan International Film Festival 2013
  
• Hamptons International Film Festival 2013
  
• Viennale International Film Festival 2013
  
• Sevilla European Film Festival Festival 2013
  
• Camerimage - Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy 2013
  
• Goa - International Film Festival of India 2013