Character Relationship Map: Nana

Characters

• Nana (played by Katya Berger) — protagonist

  Nana is the youthful central figure, first performing in erotic stage attractions before working as a prostitute. She captivates wealthy men, controls their desires for her own advantage, arranges an...

• Count Muffat (played by Jean-Pierre Aumont) — supporting

  Count Muffat is a wealthy man whose obsession with Nana gradually destroys his position. He has Nana help sponsor the prizefighter Bijou, suffers ruin after the fatal fight, fights Faucherie after lea...

• Steiner (played by Yehuda Efroni) — supporting

  Steiner is a banker who becomes one of Nana's wealthy admirers and buys her a house. Nana soon expels him and uses the property for her business. He later rigs the fatal fight involving Bijou and evic...

• Faucherie (played by Massimo Serato) — supporting

  Faucherie is connected to the intrigue surrounding Count Muffat's marriage. Nana arranges an affair between Faucherie and Count Muffat's wife, then reveals it to Count Muffat, provoking a duel between...

• Satin (played by Debra Berger) — supporting

  Satin is a female customer at the Minotaure who becomes involved with Nana in a lesbian encounter. Her connection to Nana is brief but directly contributes to the film's depiction of Nana's erotic inf...

• Zoe (played by Shirin Taylor) — supporting

  Zoe is Nana's confidante and chambermaid, remaining close to her while Nana moves through the entertainment and prostitution worlds. Her role provides personal support and practical assistance, contra...

• Hector Muffat (played by Marcus Beresford) — supporting

  Hector Muffat is Count Muffat's son and, like his father, becomes besotted with Nana. His infatuation leads Nana to elope with him in a horse-drawn carriage, an act that ruins his planned wedding and...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Faucherie → Count Muffat (Power Political Patron) — Faucherie helps restore Muffat's public and political position.

  Faucherie sponsors Muffat when Muffat becomes minister of the interior.

• Nana → Steiner (Power Beneficiary And Patron) — Steiner provides material support that Nana turns into personal independence.

  The banker Steiner buys Nana a house, but Nana throws him out and uses the house for her business.

• Count Muffat → Hector Muffat (Family Father And Son) — They belong to the same family and are both affected by Nana's influence.

  The plot identifies Hector as Count Muffat's son.

• Nana → Hector Muffat (Romantic Eloping Lovers) — Their relationship directly disrupts Hector's planned marriage.

  Nana ruins Hector Muffat's wedding by eloping with him in a horse-drawn carriage.

• Nana → Count Muffat (Romantic Object Of Desire) — Nana's influence over Muffat affects his emotions, finances, and marriage.

  Count Muffat becomes besotted with Nana, and Nana later tells him about his wife's infidelity.

• Nana → Satin (Romantic Sexual Encounter) — Their encounter creates a brief intimate connection.

  Nana engages in a lesbian encounter with Satin, who is one of the female customers at the Minotaure.

Story Dynamics

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

• Steiner → Count Muffat (Conflict Creditor And Evictor) — Steiner exercises financial power over the ruined Muffat household.

  After Bijou's death ruins Muffat, Steiner evicts Muffat and his family from their residence.

• Nana → Faucherie (Alliance Intrigue Partners) — They are connected through a scheme that destabilizes Muffat's marriage.

  Nana previously arranges an intrigue involving Faucherie and Count Muffat's wife.

• Nana → Zoe (Social Confidante) — Zoe supports Nana within her private and professional life.

  Zoe is described as Nana's confidante and chambermaid.

Story Analysis

Nana's beauty and independence reshape the fortunes, desires, and scandals of the people drawn into her orbit.

Plot Progression

1. Stage and Seduction — Nana performs at the Minotaure and works as a prostitute afterward. Zoe remains her confidante while wealthy men become fascinated by her.
2. The House of Influence — Steiner buys Nana a house, but she rejects his control and uses the property for her business. Her erotic entertainments and encounter with Satin expand her social power.
3. The Fatal Sponsorship — Nana persuades Muffat to sponsor Bijou, a prizefighter. Steiner rigs the fight, Bijou dies, and Muffat is financially ruined and evicted.
4. Secrets and Scandal — Muffat confronts Nana about his ruin, and she reveals his wife's affair with Faucherie. The revelation leads to a duel and intensifies the family's collapse.
5. Escape and Restoration — Nana elopes with Hector during his wedding. Faucherie later sponsors Muffat's political restoration, while Nana departs for India by hot air balloon with another beau.