Character Relationship Map: The Statement

Characters

• Pierre Brossard (played by Michael Caine) — protagonist

  Pierre Brossard is a former French Nazi collaborator who ordered the execution of seven Jews in 1944. Decades later, he kills the hitman sent to assassinate him and hides within Catholic sanctuaries w...

• Annemarie Livi (played by Tilda Swinton) — protagonist

  Annemarie Livi is the investigating judge who becomes determined to solve the murder of David Manenbaum and uncover the older crimes connected to Pierre Brossard. Despite resistance from official circ...

• Colonel Roux (played by Jeremy Northam) — supporting

  Colonel Roux is a senior French Gendarmerie investigator who works with Annemarie Livi on the Manenbaum murder and the long-suppressed investigations into Pierre Brossard. Although he initially suspec...

• Nicole (played by Charlotte Rampling) — supporting

  Nicole is Pierre Brossard’s estranged wife, living as a maid in lower-middle-class circumstances in Marseille. Brossard makes a desperate and unexpected visit to her while fleeing his pursuers, but sh...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Colonel Roux → Pierre Brossard (Professional Investigator And Subject) — Roux contributes institutional investigative expertise to the search for Brossard.

  Roux joins Livi in investigating the murder and the earlier investigations that failed to bring Brossard to justice.

• Annemarie Livi → Pierre Brossard (Professional Investigator And Subject) — Livi focuses her official investigation on locating and exposing Brossard.

  The murder investigation eventually becomes Livi's case, and she discovers that Brossard has been the subject of several previous investigations.

• Pierre Brossard → Nicole (Family Estranged Spouses) — Their marriage has become distant, but Brossard still turns to Nicole in desperation.

  The plot identifies Nicole as Brossard's estranged wife. Brossard visits her unexpectedly in Marseille, and she is apprehensive about seeing him.

Story Dynamics

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

• Annemarie Livi → Colonel Roux (Alliance Investigative Partners) — They cooperate closely to uncover the long-running protection surrounding Brossard.

  Livi allies with the similarly dedicated Colonel Roux while investigating the murder and Brossard's history.

Story Analysis

A hidden wartime crime resurfaces through a revenge killing, exposing a decades-long protection conspiracy.

Plot Progression

1. A Fugitive's Buried Crime — Pierre Brossard's wartime crime remains hidden beneath decades of sanctuary and secret financial support. A revenge pursuit forces the old crime back into the present.
2. The Investigation Awakens — The murder of Brossard's pursuer attracts police attention and brings Annemarie Livi into the case. Livi and Colonel Roux begin testing an initial assassination-plot theory.
3. The Protective Web Tightens — Livi and Roux uncover decades of failed investigations and hidden resources. Their progress places Brossard's secret allies under increasing scrutiny.
4. Escape Betrayed — Brossard visits his estranged wife and then seeks identity papers and money to flee France. His former protectors decide that his capture would endanger them.
5. Justice After Silence — Brossard is killed before he can escape. Livi and Roux trace the protection conspiracy to a senior government official and arrest that official for treason.