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Jul 7, 1993 · Barjo: Directed by Jérôme Boivin. With Richard Bohringer, Anne Brochet, Hippolyte Girardot, Consuelo De Haviland. Barjo (nutcase, crap artist), the narrator, is an obsessive simpleton who fills his notebook with verbatim dialog, observed trivia, and oddball speculation on human behavior and the end of the world. When his house burns down, he moves in with his twin sister Fanfan -- an impulsive, quixotic egotist -- and her husband Charles, the Aluminum King. Charles becomes the focus of the ...
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Jérôme Boivin
- 1993-07-07
Barjo ( French: Confessions d'un Barjo) is a 1992 French film adaptation of Philip K. Dick 's non-science fiction novel Confessions of a Crap Artist, originally written in 1959 and published in 1975, the only non-science fiction novel of Dick's to be published in his lifetime. The film was directed by Jérôme Boivin and written by Jacques ...
Nov 9, 2020 · In a cosmic coincidence, Philip K. Dick’s depressive yelling-into-a-void rants that make up his wonderful midcentury California novels share common ground with the comedic sensibilities of the French. Fittingly, director/co-writer Jérôme Boivin’s “Barjo” — which translates as “nutcase” and is based on “Confessions of a Crap Artist” (written in 1959 and published in 1975) – is the lone movie drawn from PKD’s non-SF catalog.
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- Richard Bohringer
- Jérôme Boivin
- Alicéléo Rhonealps Films France 3 Cinéma
An impulsive young wife and mother, married to the prosperous, middle-aged owner of an aluminum manufacturing company, quickly descends into madness upon the arrival of her exceedingly strange twin brother.
May 12, 1992 · 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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May 12, 1992 · 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.
