Sigmund Freud speculated that the first object of a young boy�s desire is his mother. Well, Faust�s mother died before he was sexually alert enough. So this role was played by someone else, Keiko. A beautiful young Japanese maid, Keiko loved Faust very much and tried her best to please him. Innocent as God�s heaven, Keiko unknowingly inflamed Faust�s desires. Even when Faust was not so young Keiko still treated him with an infantile approach that made her exceedingly seductive to the young boy. When Keiko started to realize that she was becoming Faust�s fetishistic object, she tried to alienate herself from him. But short after, she found herself forced to abandon Faust when he needed her the most. Her memory had a great impact on the development of Faust�s psyche.
Silvio Macalino is Faust�s father. He is half Filipino. Silvio detests the Philippines and tries his best to create a western atmosphere around him. He makes friends with westerners and tries hardly to forget that he lives in the Philippines. He treats his son in a very formal manner and makes sure that he is educated in a school that doesn�t teach philipino language. Every Monday evening, Silvio locks little Faust and Keiko in the attic and holds a private �union� with some of his friends. Why does Silvio treat his son in this manner? What impact will this upbringing have on the psyche of Faust?
Edward Fromm is an arrogant man. He took great pleasure in frightening little Faust. Faust found it strange and perhaps funny to see how his father treated Fromm with the most respect. But Faust never forgot Fromm�s insult to his mother, and before leaving home, he left Fromm a last gift in his old pipe.
Faust�s stepmother and Edward�s sister, Matilda is old, rich and ugly. Edward Fromm presented her to Silvio Macalino and they eventually wed. Faust was quite disturbed when he realized that he will have a stepmother, but Matilda kept herself totally away from Faust for many years. But she was very close when Faust wished her far the most. She knew about his �little� secret and he was literally at her mercy.
Pedro is Faust�s distant relative who left the Philippines long time ago and traveled to Mongolia where he married his wife Tina. He has a big moustache and wears clothes that look much like the Spanish toreros. He worked hard and eventually made of Tina�s poor restaurant one of the most famous restaurants in Ulan Bator. He has one daughter, Sandra and he thinks that Faust can be a good son in law. Well, Faust must be lucky. The family is very wealthy, but Sandra still retains much of her nomad culture, perhaps too much for Faust�s taste.
Hans is a decent German anthropologist who stayed in Mongolia to prepare his PhD. He is the kindest person that you will see around. He is of noble origin but he is clumsy and often hurts his sensitive girl friend Silvia without meaning it at all. He becomes Faust�s best friend in Mongolia and gladly agrees to become Faust�s best man when Faust finally decides to marry his beloved girlfriend.
Faust�s
guide to mystical India, Raji is quite, obedient and of few words. But his
early memories of his late childhood proved to be very important to Faust.
Demetri is a well-built Russian man in his sixties. He has a pair of icy blue eyes and a big protruding jaw. His father was a prominent orthodox theologian who was kicked out of Russia by the communists. He was a member of the ancient spiritual brethren that included Gerald, Bakashananda and Ashoka the Buddhist monk. He took care of Faust in the Himalayas and helped him escape from India. He drew Faust�s attention to Christianity as a deeply mystical religion and advised him to turn his mystical love into the act of charity.
Gerald�s
nephew, he is a giant and looks much like Hagrid from the Harry Potter
film. Friedrich suffers from a certain mental illness since his birth. He
can�t speak properly or take care of himself. But don�t be fooled!
When he is alone, his gift manifests itself splendidly.
Do you have an old aunt who is irritating, dominant and aggressive yet is very kindhearted deep inside? If you do then maybe you will feel at home with Madame Pauline. She is Marcus� landlady. She thinks that Marcus is weird to say the least, and she is quite suspicious of Faust as he joins Marcus in his room. She gets mad whenever Marcus listens to his favorite German hard rock band and calls it �Nazi choirs�. All said and done, Madame Pauline was there to save Marcus� life when he needed her the most.
