Character Relationship Map: Robbing Mussolini

Characters

• Isola (played by Pietro Castellitto) — protagonist

  A black market smuggler and Yvonne's fiancé. Sells weapons to partisans to survive and plans to steal Mussolini's gold to change his fate, relying on his skills as a thief.

• Yvonne (played by Matilda De Angelis) — protagonist

  A singer and Isola's fiancée who is forced to endure the unwanted attentions of the ruthless fascist official Borsalino while trying to survive.

• Nora Cavalieri (played by Isabella Ferrari) — supporting
• Achille Borsalino (played by Filippo Timi) — supporting

  A ruthless fascist hierarch who exerts control over Yvonne and plans to flee to Switzerland with Mussolini's gold upon the regime's defeat.

• Giovanni Fabbri (played by Maccio Capatonda) — supporting
• Serbelloni (played by Maurizio Lombardi) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Isola → Yvonne (Romantic Fiancés) — Their engagement is strained by the danger surrounding Yvonne and Isola's discovery that she had been trying to protect someone else.

  The character profile identifies Yvonne as Isola's fiancée, and the plot describes the strain their relationship faces during the heist preparations.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Nora Cavalieri → Achille Borsalino (Conflict Confrontational Association) — Nora challenges a man over his connection to Yvonne and his place within Borsalino's sphere, but the exact person she confronts is unspecified.

  Nora confronts one of the men about his attachment to Yvonne and his place in Borsalino's world; the reference does not explicitly identify that man a...

• Yvonne → Serbelloni (Alliance Heist Participants) — The reference places Yvonne among the crew preparing the operation that uses Serbelloni's party to access the explosives.

  Yvonne is part of the crew's preparations, while the crew arranges to enter Serbelloni's villa during his party to recover TNT.

• Isola → Serbelloni (Conflict Heist Targets) — Isola's crew targets explosives stored at Serbelloni's villa as part of preparing for the robbery.

  The crew arranges to recover TNT stored at a villa belonging to Serbelloni, using a party there as an opportunity to get inside.

• Yvonne → Nora Cavalieri (Alliance Protective Accomplices) — The dialogue links Nora to Yvonne's situation, but the specific person Yvonne was trying to protect is not identified in the reference.

  The plot says Yvonne was trying to protect someone else, and a man later tells Yvonne that Nora is clever.

• Isola → Giovanni Fabbri (Alliance Heist Partners) — Fabbri joins the robbery plan after Isola seeks specialists, contributing his driving background to the crew's preparations.

  Isola proposes recruiting specialists for the robbery, and Giovanni Fabbri agrees to join the plan as a celebrated racing driver.

• Achille Borsalino → Isola (Conflict Threatening Adversaries) — Borsalino's warning directly challenges Isola and raises the danger facing the robbery crew.

  Borsalino warns Isola to stay away from Yvonne, and his threats make clear that the crew is in danger.

• Achille Borsalino → Yvonne (Conflict Coercive Pursuer) — Borsalino's unwanted attentions and threats place Yvonne under pressure and make her involvement in the plan dangerous.

  The plot says Borsalino warns Isola to stay away from Yvonne, and the character profile says he exerts control over her and subjects her to unwanted a...

Story Analysis

In wartime Milan, Isola and a fragile crew prepare a dangerous robbery while threats and personal tensions complicate their plan.

Plot Progression

1. A Smuggler Drawn Into the Heist — In wartime Milan, Isola makes a living moving contraband and prefers to work alone. Resistance fighters seize weapons from him and enlist him in a plan to rob a guarded warehouse of looted valuables.
2. Recruiting and Preparing — Isola proposes bringing in specialists, and the hidden racing driver Giovanni Fabbri agrees to join. Yvonne is asked to secure an official stamp, while the crew arranges to recover TNT from Serbelloni...
3. Threats and Fractured Trust — Borsalino warns Isola away from Yvonne, and Nora challenges a man about his attachment to her. Violence erupts, Yvonne is caught in the conflict, and Isola learns she had been trying to protect someon...
4. The Timed Operation Begins — The crew chooses to continue, using forged orders and a prisoner transfer to pass a guarded entrance. They coordinate the operation around the city's sirens, separate for their assigned positions, and...