This Beggar's Description

200558 min 8 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Pierre Tétrault

Production: Gerry FlahiveSilva BasmajianSylvia Sweeney

Script: Pierre Tétrault

This documentary is the story about Philip Tetrault, who is a poet first and a person living with schizophrenia second. It follows him through his day and through his history - starting with the present and examining his past. This film will trace his adventures throughout the years, highlighting his writings, his experiences with alcohol, his relationships with his ex-wife, daughter, siblings, and his kinship with the great poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen.

Subject categories


  • Literature and Language - Canada > Canadian LiteratureEnglish-language WritersPoets and PoetryPortraits
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Family LifeMental Illness and DisabilitiesPortraitsSubstance Abuse
  • Families > Family PortraitsMental HealthParent-Child Relationships
  • Literature and Language > Portraits

Credits


director
Pierre Tétrault
writer
Pierre Tétrault
narrator
Pierre Tétrault
producer
Gerry Flahive
director of photography
Pierre Letarte
editor
Greg Hopen
sound designer
Christopher Miller
original music composer
Donald Quan
sound recordist
Christopher Miller
creative consultant
Doris Rajan
prose
Philip Tétrault
poetry
Philip Tétrault
additional photography
Sébastien Cassou
Marc André Barsalou
Greg Hopen
assistant camera
Sébastien Cassou
Christian Navennec
Gandhi
additional sound
Marie-France Delagrave
Yann Cleary
E. Selvham
location manager
Sylvie Lapointe
Maryse Pigeon
production assistant
Raphael Daigneault
gaffer
Roger Martin
best boy
Luc Lorrain
voice
Arlajean Sillers
archival researcher
Elizabeth Klinck
music researcher
Elizabeth Klinck
re-recording mixer
Serge Boivin
Shelley Craig
narration record
Christopher Miller
voice record
Christopher Miller
online editor
Sean Evans
Patrick Hirlehey
colourist
Sean Evans
Patrick Hirlehey
title design
Glenn Nakagawa
assistant editor
Angela Fong
Anthony Miceli
Allison White
promo editor
Caroline Coombs
Vipin Sharma
associate producer - development
Jacqueline Land
technical intern
Dan Thornhill
Shane Brisson-Visram
production secretary
Beth Biederman
Corinne Herman
senior administrative assistant
Joanne Forrest
budget officer
Ida Di Fruscia
Julietta McGovern
marketing manager
Sue Mander
technical coordinator
Mark Wilson
production coordinator
Nadine Simunic
Jeff Sterne
production supervisor
Kemp Archibald
line production
Douglas MacFarlane
executive producer
Silva Basmajian
Sylvia Sweeney