Character Relationships in By Design

Helen (played by Patty Duke) is a protagonist in By Design. Co-owns a Vancouver fashion business with Angie and is her romantic partner. She wants to become a mother and drives the search for a donor after rejecting artificial insemination and adoption. Angie (played by Sara Botsford) is a protagonist in By Design. Co-owns a Vancouver fashion business with Helen and is her romantic partner. She reluctantly agrees to support Helen's wish to have a child and ultimately gives birth to their daughter. Terry (played by Saul Rubinek) appears in By Design. A sleazy photographer whom the couple targets as a potential one-night stand and sperm donor. He later moves to Los Angeles with Suzie to promote their new clothing designs. Suzie (played by Sonia Zimmer) appears in By Design. A business associate who partners with Terry to relocate to Los Angeles at the end of the film to promote their new fashion designs.

Character Relationship Map: By Design

By Design (1982) Poster

By Design (1982) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.

Characters

Canonical Relationships

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

Story Dynamics

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

Story Analysis

A couple's search for parenthood unfolds beside the changing professional paths of their fashion-business associates.

Plot Progression

  1. A Shared Life, A New Desire
  2. Rejected Paths To Parenthood
  3. The Terry Proposal
  4. Birth And New Directions

Directed by Claude Jutra

By Design (1982) · 4.7/10 · drama

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