on the predicted date, Jack decides to seek psychiatric assistance. Film adaptation In 1992, French director Jérôme Boivin released Confessions d'un Barjo (Barjo for the English-language market), based on the novel. The film follows the novel fairly closely, although Jack (played by Hippolyte Girardot) is given the nickname “Barjo” (loosely translated as nutcase) and is referred to by that name throughout the film. Also, the story is shifted to contemporary France. References 1975 American novels Novels by Philip K. Dick American novels adapted into films Fiction set in the 1950s Novels set in California