Character Relationship Map: Barjo

Characters

• Charles (played by Richard Bohringer) — protagonist

  Also known as 'the Aluminum King', he is Fanfan's husband. His marriage is marked by developing conflict and sexual tension, which is documented in Barjo's journals. He eventually experiences a comple...

• Fanfan (played by Anne Brochet) — supporting

  Barjo's impulsive twin sister who is married to Charles. She shares her home with Barjo after he accidentally burns his house, and her marriage deteriorates into conflict and sexual tension as observe...

• Barjo (played by Hippolyte Girardot) — supporting

  Eccentric, naive, and obsessive protagonist who accidentally burns his house during an experiment. He moves in with his twin sister Fanfan, where he catalogues science magazines, tests bizarre inventi...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Fanfan → Charles (Family Spouses) — Fanfan and Charles are married, but their relationship progressively deteriorates.

  The plot states that Fanfan is married to Charles, also known as the Aluminum King.

• Barjo → Fanfan (Family Twin Siblings) — Barjo and Fanfan are twins whose family bond brings Barjo into her household.

  The plot explicitly identifies Fanfan as Barjo's impulsive twin sister.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Barjo → Charles (Narrative Observer) — Barjo functions as the observer through whose journals Charles's marital crisis is revealed.

  Barjo's journals reveal the development of conflict and sexual tension between Fanfan and Charles.

Story Analysis

An eccentric observer enters his twin sister's troubled household, where private experiments and journals expose a marriage's deterioration and Charles's madness.

Plot Progression

1. The Experiment Burns Home — Barjo's eccentric scientific experiment accidentally burns down his house. The disaster forces him to leave his familiar environment.
2. A Twin's Unusual Refuge — Barjo moves in with his twin sister Fanfan and her husband Charles. The new household becomes the setting for his continuing experiments and observations.
3. Notebooks Of Human Behavior — Barjo catalogs old science magazines, tests bizarre inventions, and fills notebooks with observations. His writing also turns toward the end of the world.
4. Marriage Under Observation — Barjo's journals reveal growing conflict and sexual tension between Fanfan and Charles. The domestic relationship becomes increasingly unstable.
5. Charles's Psychological Collapse — The marital deterioration culminates in Charles's descent into madness. Barjo's journals preserve the collapse of the household as their central subject.