Character Relationship Map: The Untouchable

Characters

• Jeanne (played by Isild Le Besco) — protagonist

  Jeanne is the central figure, a woman revisiting painful memories of India and an unclear relationship with the man she calls her father. In the present, she works on a film, challenges its production...

• La mère de Jeanne (played by Bérangère Bonvoisin) — supporting

  Jeanne's mother is the person Jeanne hopes to visit during the story. Jeanne asks a close companion to help arrange the trip, but the summary does not describe the mother's actions, personality, or a...

• Agent Jeanne (played by Manuel Munz) — supporting
• François, le metteur en scène du film (played by Marc Barbé) — supporting

  François directs Jeanne in the film she is working on. Their professional relationship becomes tense when Jeanne challenges the production's choices, requests a closed set for an intimate scene, and s...

• L'amant de Jeanne (played by Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) — supporting

  Jeanne's lover is her close companion in the present-day story. He is involved when she seeks help arranging a visit to her mother, and he later travels with her to India because he wants to see Murie...

• Muriel (played by Caroline Champetier) — supporting

  Muriel is a childhood friend of Jeanne's lover who now lives as a religious sister at a convent in Benares. During the visit, she shares memories of family and childhood and tells the travelers that p...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Jeanne → François, le metteur en scène du film (Professional Director And Actress) — Their working relationship includes François directing Jeanne and Jeanne asserting boundaries over the filming conditions and schedule.

  On set, François directs Jeanne through scenes. Jeanne challenges the production's choices, requests a closed set for an intimate sequence, and limits...

• Jeanne → L'amant de Jeanne (Romantic Lovers) — He accompanies Jeanne to India, where he visits Muriel, his childhood friend; Jeanne joins him and listens to their conversation.

  The plot describes Jeanne moving between her private relationships and work, and identifies the man who travels with her to India as her lover.

• La mère de Jeanne → Jeanne (Family Mother And Daughter) — Jeanne's mother is part of the family history Jeanne is trying to approach, and Jeanne seeks to visit her during the present-day story.

  Jeanne asks a close companion for help arranging a trip to visit her mother. The closing exchange describes Jeanne planning to return home and rest to...

Story Dynamics

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

• Jeanne → Muriel (Social Acquaintances) — Jeanne meets Muriel during the visit and hears about the life Muriel has made as a religious sister.

  Jeanne travels with the man to the convent where they meet Muriel. Jeanne listens as Muriel speaks about prayer, life among the poor, and feeling less...

• L'amant de Jeanne → Muriel (Social Childhood Friends) — Their reunion brings them back to shared memories, while Muriel describes the religious life she chose.

  The man traveling with Jeanne wants to visit a childhood friend who became a nun. At the convent, he and Muriel share memories of family and childhood...

• Jeanne → Agent Jeanne (Social Companion And Adviser) — The plot associates Agent Jeanne with Jeanne's present-day circle, but does not confirm that Agent Jeanne is the companion involved in this exchange.

  Jeanne asks a close companion for help arranging a trip to visit her mother while refusing an offer of money. The plot does not explicitly identify th...

Story Analysis

Jeanne moves between uncertain memories, the demands of her work, and a journey that brings her close to another person's chosen life without resolving her own family past.

Plot Progression

1. Memories Along the Ganges — At a birthday gathering, Jeanne recounts leaving Delhi and traveling to Varanasi. She describes the funeral pyres, an unclear encounter with a gentle man she later calls her father, and the painful fe...
2. Work and Private Tensions — In the present, Jeanne seeks help arranging a visit to her mother while refusing money. On the film set, she challenges production decisions and sets limits for an intimate scene as her departure crea...
3. A Reunion in Benares — Jeanne travels to India with her lover so he can visit Muriel, his childhood friend. At the convent, Muriel shares memories and describes the religious life she chose.
4. Rest Without Resolution — The conversation touches on the Untouchables and those who join the convent to escape their status. The visit does not resolve the family's past, and Jeanne asks for quiet rest before she is ready to...