Antagonistic figure who leads a criminal gang and serves as a bakery delivery boy. He is violently abusive toward Marie, sexually assaults her, and treats Balthazar cruelly out of jealousy. Ultimately involved in illegal smuggling, abandons the donkey during a police ambush, and returns to exploit Balthazar for a funeral procession.
A toxic and violent romantic entanglement that defines Marie's adulthood.
Hostile antagonism stemming from police suspicion and gang violence.
Gérard's criminal ambitions clash with the mother's protective grief.
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