Character Relationship Map: Savages

Characters

• Kéria (played by Babette De Coster) — protagonist

  A young girl living with her father at a Borneo palm oil plantation. Though her late mother was Penan, she initially lacks interest in her heritage. She helps rescue an orangutan and joins her cousin...

• Selaï (played by Martin Verset) — protagonist

  Kéria's Penan cousin who is displaced from her home due to deforestation. She moves in with Kéria's family and fights alongside them against the logging companies.

• Father (played by Benoît Poelvoorde) — supporting

  Kéria's father who works at a palm oil plantation in Borneo. He lives with his daughter and helps her rescue an orangutan, later joining the fight against deforestation.

• Oshi /Mères orang-outang /Bébé cochon & Monsieur Macaque (voice) (played by Charles de Ville) — minor
• Selaï's Mother (played by Paysan Sailyvia) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Selaï's Mother → Selaï (mother)
• Kéria → Selaï (Family Cousin) — Their family connection becomes central after Selaï is displaced.

  Selaï is explicitly identified as Kéria's Penan cousin.

• Kéria → Father (Family Daughter) — Father is Kéria's parent and household companion.

  Kéria is described as a young girl who lives with her father in the Serawak province of Borneo.

Story Dynamics

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

• Father → Selaï (Alliance Household Supporter) — Father is part of the family environment that receives Selaï.

  After Selaï is displaced, she comes to live with Kéria's family, the household in which Father lives with Kéria.

• Oshi /Mères orang-outang /Bébé cochon & Monsieur Macaque (voice) → Selaï (Alliance Resistance Companion) — Oshi is part of the shared struggle involving Selaï.

  The two children and the orangutan must fight back against the logging companies.

• Father → Oshi /Mères orang-outang /Bébé cochon & Monsieur Macaque (voice) (Alliance Rescuer) — Father participates in Oshi's rescue.

  The plot explicitly states that Kéria and her father rescue an orangutan who becomes known as Oshi.

• Kéria → Oshi /Mères orang-outang /Bébé cochon & Monsieur Macaque (voice) (Alliance Rescuer) — Kéria helps save Oshi and becomes connected to the orangutan's survival.

  Kéria and her father rescue an orangutan, who comes to be known as Oshi.

Story Analysis

A young girl, her displaced cousin, and a rescued orangutan unite against the deforestation threatening their home and heritage.

Plot Progression

1. Life Beside The Plantation — Kéria lives with her father in Borneo while he works at a palm oil plantation. Her Penan heritage exists in the background, but she initially shows little interest in it.
2. The Rescued Orangutan — Kéria and Father rescue an orangutan that becomes known as Oshi. This rescue establishes the animal bond that later connects the family to the environmental conflict.
3. Displacement At Home — Deforestation displaces Kéria's Penan cousin Selaï from her home. She moves in with Kéria's family, bringing the consequences of forest destruction into their household.
4. The Forest Resistance — Kéria and Selaï join forces with Oshi to fight back against the logging companies. Their shared resistance transforms displacement and rescue into a collective struggle.