The narrator, "Barjo" (nutcase, crap artist), is an obsessive simpleton, given to filling his notebook with verbatim dialog, observed trivia, and oddball speculation on human behavior and the end of the world. When his house burns, he moves in with his twin sister, Fanfan -- an impulsive, quixotic egoist -- and her husband, Charles, the Aluminum King. Charles becomes the focus of the film, as his wife and brother-in-law bewilder him.
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Richard Bohringer
Charles
Known for
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Would I Lie to You?
Anne Brochet
Fanfan
Known for
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Hedgehog
Jérôme Boivin
Françoise Galfré
Jacques Audiard
Known for
Baby Blood
Jean-Claude Larrieu
Hippolyte Girardot
Barjo
Known for
Irma Vep
Manon of the Spring
Patrick Godeau
Anne Lafarge
Consuelo De Haviland
Madame Hermelin
Known for
Betty Blue
A Private Affair
Roy Lekus
Marmiton
No other roles listed
Renaud Danner
Michel
Known for
May Fools
Jérôme Boivin Director · Jacques Audiard Writer Philip K. Dick Author
United States release July 7, 1993 · Produced in France · Production Rhone-Alps Films, France 3 Cinéma
Production
Alicéléo
Production
Rhone-Alps Films
Production
France 3 Cinéma
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Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes
Production
France
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Original title
Confessions d'un Barjo
Original language
French
Release dates
France · May 12, 1992
Theatrical
United States · July 7, 1993
Japan
November 20, 1993
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