Joan Chemla

Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.

Stanley is seven years old when he accidentally discovers that his brain is made of gold.

Charles Chinaski is a guy with many problems and feels responsible for most of them: women, alcohol, his hostility towards certain groups of people. One day, he decides to consult the first doctor he comes across.