Character Relationship Map: Permanent Green Light

Characters

• Roman (played by Benjamin Sulpice) — protagonist

  Roman is the central figure, preoccupied with death, disappearance, and what remains after a person is gone. He discusses these questions with Tim, pursues the idea of an explosion that would leave li...

• Tim (played by Théo Cholbi) — supporting

  Tim is Roman’s close companion and a sounding board for his thoughts about death and absence. After a building collapses, Tim refuses to go see what happened, and he later listens as Roman explains hi...

• Guillaume (played by Sylvain Decloitre) — supporting

  Guillaume talks with Roman about the suicide of his neighbor’s son and his own sense of helplessness at being unable to help. He also tells Roman about a photograph linked to Pentti Monkkonen’s disapp...

• Ado (played by Noé Lubliner) — supporting

  Ado is the young man Tim introduces to Roman. Roman asks him about explosive belts and whether he wants to kill himself; Ado says he does not and expresses the hope that Roman will not either. Later,...

Story Dynamics

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

• Guillaume → Roman (Social Confidant) — Guillaume brings Roman accounts of death and disappearance that deepen Roman's reflections on whether a person can vanish completely.

  Guillaume tells Roman about his feelings of powerlessness after his neighbor's son dies by suicide, and shares the story of the photograph associated...

• Roman → Ado (Social Tentative Connection) — Their connection develops from Roman's probing questions into a quiet shared walk and an invitation from the young man.

  Tim introduces Roman to a young man, and Roman asks him about explosive belts and whether he wants to kill himself. At the end, Roman and the young ma...

• Roman → Tim (Social Confidants) — Tim is Roman's recurring conversation partner and a trusted listener as Roman explores his thoughts about disappearance and death.

  Tim gives Roman a fragment from the building wreckage, and they repeatedly discuss death, absence, and what remains after someone is gone. Roman later...

Story Analysis

Roman's conversations and encounters circle around death, disappearance, and the traces a person leaves behind.

Plot Progression

1. Fragments and Questions — After a building collapses, Tim refuses to inspect the damage while Roman gives him a fragment. Their conversations turn to endings, death, empty piñatas, and what remains after absence.
2. The Disappearance Project — Roman develops the idea of an explosion that would harm nobody else and leave almost nothing behind. A woman who collects explosive belts offers him one, but Roman declines and says his idea differs f...
3. Other People's Deaths — Tim introduces Roman to a young man, who says he does not want to kill himself and hopes Roman will not either. Guillaume shares his helplessness over his neighbor's son's suicide and recounts a photo...
4. The Reality of the Fall — The woman Roman had spoken with dies after falling from a building. At her funeral, the sight of the coffin makes Roman feel sick and forces him to confront the reality of her death.
5. A Walk and an Invitation — Roman tells Tim that the woman's death was an ordinary fall rather than an explosion. He reflects on the young actor and the possibility that present desire may later seem insignificant, then walks wi...