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.

Barjo

He, a young and resourceful city dweller, inherits a snail farm in the country. She, a university student in zoology, is passionate about a very rare species of these gastropod mollusks and returns to the country. At first sight, they already recognize each other. But it will take a few misunderstandings and a marathon of grosgris for the two young people to get their antennae in tune.