Character Relationship Map: Making Love

Characters

• Jeno Varga (played by Hans Matheson) — protagonist

  Jeno is a gifted violinist raised in poverty by his mother and stepfather. He becomes David’s close friend and later discovers they are half-brothers. His love of music leads him to Sophie, while his...

• Sophie Levi (played by Mélanie Thierry) — protagonist

  Sophie is a married French concert pianist whom Jeno admires after hearing her on the radio. She helps him enter the Prague music school, shares a mutual passion with him, returns for his concert desp...

• David Blau (played by Lee Williams) — supporting

  David is Jeno’s friend at the Prague music academy and the son of a wealthy family. He is expelled because of his Jewish origin, later realizes that Jeno is his half-brother, and reacts painfully to t...

• Baron Blau (played by Ricky Tognazzi) — supporting

  Baron Blau is the old man who outbids Costanza for the violin at auction. He explains the truth about David and Jeno, revealing that David adopted Jeno’s name after losing his half-brother, and return...

• Costanza (played by Nia Roberts) — supporting

  Costanza is a young woman who does not know her parents and recognizes a childhood melody connected with Jeno’s violin. She pursues its buyer, learns about Jeno and David, witnesses the tanks in Pragu...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Costanza → Sophie Levi (Family Possible Daughter) — The film leaves Costanza's biological connection to Sophie as an unresolved possibility.

  Costanza knows that Sophie died in a concentration camp but had a child, and she wonders whether that child was herself.

• Baron Blau → Jeno Varga (Family Grieving Relative) — Baron Blau's account preserves the emotional aftermath of Jeno and David's family tragedy.

  Baron Blau explains that David took Jeno's name in grief after losing his half-brother.

• Baron Blau → David Blau (Meta Identity Successor) — The ending connects Baron Blau with the concealed adult history of David Blau and Jeno's identity.

  The old man identifies himself as Baron Blau and explains that, after David's loss, David had taken Jeno's name.

• Sophie Levi → David Blau (Professional Concert Associate) — Their connection is formed through the academy's audition and concert structure.

  David competes for the violin position intended to accompany Sophie in the academy's public concert.

• Jeno Varga → David Blau (Family Half-Brother) — Their hidden family connection transforms a close friendship into a painful sibling bond.

  While choosing a duet, Jeno and David realize that Jeno's violin and their shared musical knowledge connect them as half-brothers.

• Jeno Varga → Sophie Levi (Romantic Lover) — Their forbidden romance links Jeno's musical ambitions to Sophie's personal and political risks.

  Jeno and Sophie discover a mutual attraction, and they make love in the concert dressing room.

Story Dynamics

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

• Costanza → Jeno Varga (Narrative Story Listener) — Costanza becomes the modern recipient and investigator of Jeno's unresolved story.

  Costanza hears Jeno recount the history of the violin and the reverse canon, and she later witnesses him flee into the night.

• Baron Blau → Costanza (Alliance Revealing Companion) — He helps Costanza investigate the violin and the identity connected to it.

  After the auction, Baron Blau explains the violin's history to Costanza, and they return together to the ruined Blau mansion.

Story Analysis

A violin and its reverse canon connect friendship, forbidden love, family revelation, persecution, and memory across several decades.

Plot Progression

1. The Violin's Buried Memory — Costanza loses an old violin at auction and follows its successful bidder. Her explanation opens a story about a childhood melody, Jeno, and the reverse canon.
2. Friendship Across Prague — Jeno's early life and musical inheritance lead him to Sophie and the Prague academy. There, Jeno and David form a close friendship while pursuing music together.
3. The Academy Divided — A prestigious audition is disrupted by Nazi persecution of Jewish students. Jeno chooses loyalty to David and is expelled from the academy.
4. Kinship And Forbidden Love — At the Blau residence, the violin and reverse canon reveal that Jeno and David are half-brothers. Sophie returns for the concert, and her relationship with Jeno becomes intimate.
5. Music Under Persecution — The concert is raided and Jewish musicians are arrested. Jeno's canon survives in the concentration camp, reaching Sophie and her child across the barbed wire.
6. The Mansion Remembers — The 1968 invasion separates Jeno and Costanza, leaving her with the violin and questions about Sophie's child. Baron Blau explains the identity history before returning with Costanza to the ruined man...