Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian
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| Directed by | Arnaud Desplechin |
| Written by | Arnaud Desplechin Julie Peyr Kent Jones |
| Produced by | Pascal Caucheteux Grégoire Sorlat |
| Starring | Benicio del Toro Mathieu Amalric |
| Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
| Edited by | Laurence Briaud |
| Music by | Howard Shore |
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| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $30,283 |
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.