Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee, Joseph Cross, Larry Pine, Gary Farmer. Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Based on Georges Devereux's book "Reality and Dream" published by Editions Fayard, France. "Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian"--Disc surface. Special features: Making of; interviews; trailer.
Summary:
Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot who fought in France during WWII, is admitted to Topeka Military Hospital in Kansas, an institution specializing in mental illness. Although he does not suffer any psychological causes for his painful symptoms, 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.
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