Above, a scene from “Jimmy P.” (Photo credit: IFC Films)

In “Jimmy P.,” 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… 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.

For more information about “Jimmy P.,” click here to visit its IMDb page. “Jimmy P.” is set to be released Feb. 14, 2014.