Character Relationship Map: Make a Fake

Characters

• Enzo (played by Vincenzo Salemme) — protagonist

  One of the laid-off pasta factory workers who becomes a security guard at the modern art storage facility. He evolves into an accidental art sensation, creating a hand-tracing piece for €1000. He late...

• Carmine (played by Giuseppe Battiston) — supporting

  A laid-off worker turned security guard. His accidental destruction of a modern art piece inadvertently sparks the trio's scheme to create and sell high-quality duplicates of the valuable artworks.

• Bandula (played by Hassani Shapi) — supporting

  A laid-off factory worker who works as a security guard alongside Enzo and Carmine. At the film's conclusion, he receives €1000 from Enzo to attend his daughter's wedding in India.

• Aurora (played by Donatella Finocchiaro) — supporting

  Enzo's wife, initially hired by factory owner Alfonso Tammaro as a translator. She secures security guard jobs for the laid-off workers at the art warehouse and later helps them plan an auction swap t...

• Alfonso Tammaro (played by Paolo Sassanelli) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Alfonso Tammaro → Bandula (Professional Employer) — Alfonso controls Bandula's employment before and after the factory closure.

  Bandula is laid off from Alfonso's pasta factory and later works as a security guard at Alfonso's old factory.

• Alfonso Tammaro → Carmine (Professional Employer) — Their relationship shifts from factory employment to security work.

  Alfonso lays Carmine off from the pasta factory and later uses him as a security guard at the old factory.

• Alfonso Tammaro → Enzo (Professional Employer) — Alfonso first dismisses Enzo and then employs him in the art-storage operation.

  Alfonso tells Enzo that the pasta factory will close and later hires him as a security guard at the old factory.

• Aurora → Alfonso Tammaro (Professional Employee) — Aurora works for Alfonso as a translator before assisting the workers.

  Alfonso Tammaro hires Aurora as a translator.

• Enzo → Aurora (Family Wife) — Aurora is Enzo's wife and supports him during the scheme's crisis.

  The plot explicitly identifies Aurora as Enzo's wife.

Story Dynamics

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

• Aurora → Bandula (Alliance Supporter) — Aurora acts as a practical supporter of Bandula and the other workers.

  Aurora helps the group, including Bandula, plan the attempted auction-site swap.

• Aurora → Carmine (Alliance Supporter) — Aurora supports Carmine by helping the group attempt to undo the fraud.

  Aurora helps the workers after they confess the fraud and develops a plan to switch the artworks at the auction site.

• Carmine → Bandula (Alliance Teammate) — Their shared employment and fraud scheme create a practical alliance.

  Carmine and Bandula are among the workers who become security guards and cooperate in duplicating the stored artworks.

• Enzo → Bandula (Alliance Teammate) — Enzo and Bandula are members of the same struggling worker group.

  Enzo, Carmine, and Bandula work together as security guards and participate in the duplicate-art scheme.

• Enzo → Carmine (Alliance Teammate) — They collaborate closely in producing and selling duplicate artworks.

  Enzo and Carmine are laid-off workers who become security guards and jointly create duplicate artworks.

Story Analysis

Laid-off workers turn artistic imitation into a fraud scheme, only to discover that the art world's idea of authenticity is itself unstable.

Plot Progression

1. Dismissed By Automation — Alfonso closes the pasta factory and dismisses Enzo, Carmine, and Bandula because the new operation is automated. Aurora uses her position as a translator to secure security work for them at the old f...
2. The Art Storage Scheme — The workers guard Alfonso's modern art collection and regard it as bizarre and overpriced. After Carmine breaks an artwork, they discover that convincing duplicates are easy to make and begin replacin...
3. Accidental Art Celebrities — Early sales encourage the workers to expand their scheme and travel to Rome. Enzo is treated as a new artistic sensation and earns €1000 by improvising a hand-tracing artwork.
4. The Fraud Turns Against Them — The workers complete a duplicate collection, but Alfonso unknowingly sends the fakes to Rome for auction after closing the operation. Fearing discovery and prison, they confess to Aurora.
5. The Meaning Of Authenticity — Aurora helps plan an auction-site swap, but the group cannot complete it. They discover that the modern-art world does not care whether the collection is genuine, and Enzo gives his remaining money to...