Aloys (played by Pierre Mifsud) is a protagonist in Roll the Drum!.
Aloys has led Monchoux's village brass band for twelve years and hopes it will be selected for the federal festival. When Pierre forms a rival band that includes women and Italian farmworkers, Aloys tries to undermine it through pressure, boycotts, and a police accusation. He is Marie-Thérèse's husband and Colinette's father. Pierre (played by Pascal Demolon) is a protagonist in Roll the Drum!.
Pierre is Robert's son, a professional musician who returns to Monchoux and creates a rival brass band after some members challenge Aloys's leadership. His band includes women and Italian farmworkers, making it a target of Aloys's hostility. Pierre is later confined in Aloys's wine cellar with him, and his hashish biscuits feature in the festival audition scheme. Marie-Thérèse (played by Sabine Timoteo) appears in Roll the Drum!.
Marie-Thérèse is Aloys's wife and Colinette's mother. Rejecting the subordinate role traditionally assigned to women, she begins campaigning for women's voting rights. She also devises a plan to lock Aloys and Pierre in Aloys's wine cellar so the two rivals will have to talk. Robert (played by Jean-Luc Bideau) appears in Roll the Drum!.
Robert is Pierre's father and Monchoux's former village doctor. During the festival audition, he distributes to the jury biscuits made with hashish by Pierre, disrupting the proceedings. His actions connect him to Pierre's effort to challenge Aloys and the established village band. Colinette (played by Gio Ventura) appears in Roll the Drum!.
Colinette is Aloys and Marie-Thérèse's daughter. Like her mother, she no longer accepts the subordinate place traditionally assigned to women. The film concludes with her marriage to Carlo, one of the Italian farmworkers employed by her father. Carlo (played by Giuseppe Oricchio) appears in Roll the Drum!.
Carlo is one of Aloys's Italian farmworkers and is part of the group whose participation in Pierre's rival band angers Aloys. The film ends with Carlo marrying Colinette, Aloys's daughter, linking the competing sides of the village through their marriage.
Roll the Drum! (2019) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Aloys
(played by Pierre Mifsud) — protagonist
Aloys has led Monchoux's village brass band for twelve years and hopes it will be selected for the federal festival. When Pierre forms a rival band that includes women and Italian farmworkers, Aloys t...
Pierre
(played by Pascal Demolon) — protagonist
Pierre is Robert's son, a professional musician who returns to Monchoux and creates a rival brass band after some members challenge Aloys's leadership. His band includes women and Italian farmworkers,...
Marie-Thérèse
(played by Sabine Timoteo) — supporting
Marie-Thérèse is Aloys's wife and Colinette's mother. Rejecting the subordinate role traditionally assigned to women, she begins campaigning for women's voting rights. She also devises a plan to lock...
Robert
(played by Jean-Luc Bideau) — supporting
Robert is Pierre's father and Monchoux's former village doctor. During the festival audition, he distributes to the jury biscuits made with hashish by Pierre, disrupting the proceedings. His actions c...
Colinette
(played by Gio Ventura) — supporting
Colinette is Aloys and Marie-Thérèse's daughter. Like her mother, she no longer accepts the subordinate place traditionally assigned to women. The film concludes with her marriage to Carlo, one of the...
Carlo
(played by Giuseppe Oricchio) — supporting
Carlo is one of Aloys's Italian farmworkers and is part of the group whose participation in Pierre's rival band angers Aloys. The film ends with Carlo marrying Colinette, Aloys's daughter, linking the...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Aloys → Carlo
(Professional Employer And Worker)
Carlo is described as one of the Italian agricultural workers working for Aloys, and Aloys pressures Italian workers to leave Pierre's band.
Colinette → Carlo
(Romantic Spouses)
The film ends with the marriage of Colinette, Aloys's daughter, and Carlo, an Italian agricultural worker.
Robert → Pierre
(Family Father)
The plot explicitly identifies Pierre as Robert's son when Pierre returns to Monchoux.
Aloys → Colinette
(Family Father And Daughter)
The plot explicitly identifies Colinette as Aloys's daughter.
Aloys → Marie-Thérèse
(Family Husband And Wife)
The plot explicitly refers to Marie-Thérèse as Aloys's wife.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Marie-Thérèse → Colinette
(Alliance Shared Social Resistance)
Marie-Thérèse and Colinette are both described as rejecting the subordinate role traditionally assigned to women.
Robert → Aloys
(Conflict Opposing Supporter)
At the audition, Robert distributes the hashish biscuits prepared by Pierre to the jury while Aloys has put laxative in the wine for the musicians.
Marie-Thérèse → Pierre
(Unknown Forced Mediator)
Marie-Thérèse arranges for Pierre and Aloys to be locked in Aloys's wine cellar so that they will be forced to talk.
Pierre → Carlo
(Alliance Bandmate)
Pierre's new band includes Italian agricultural workers, and Carlo is identified as one of those workers.
Aloys → Pierre
(Conflict Rival Band Leaders)
Aloys has led the village brass band for twelve years, while Pierre creates a competing band after being hired by dissatisfied members.
Story Analysis
A village brass-band rivalry exposes conflicts over authority, class, immigration, and women's equality before an unexpected musical triumph.
