
Freud: The Secret Passion(1962)
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.


“Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian”
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.

Benicio del Toro
Jimmy Picard

Mathieu Amalric
Georges Devereux

Gina McKee
Madeleine

Larry Pine
Dr. Karl Menninger

Joseph Cross
Dr. Holt

Elya Baskin
Dr. Jokl

Gary Farmer
Jack

Michelle Thrush
Gayle Picard

Misty Upham
Jane

Jennifer Podemski
Doll
Jimmy P. is a drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of psychoanalysis, psychiatry. Directed by Arnaud Desplechin, it stars Benicio del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee. 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.
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