Character Relationship Map: Smart Ass

Characters

• Dan (played by Thomas Blumenthal) — protagonist

  One of the three ambitious business school students who co-creates the popularity-inflating dating scheme to monetize campus relationships.

• Louis (played by Jean-Baptiste Lafarge) — supporting

  One of the three ambitious business school students who co-creates the popularity-inflating dating scheme to monetize campus relationships.

• Jaffar (played by Karim Ait M'Hand) — supporting

  A student or acquaintance within the same business school environment, likely interacting with the trio's social and business ventures.

• Eulalie (played by Marine Sainsily) — supporting

  A character connected to the campus social scene, likely involved as a participant, romantic interest, or observer within the dating scheme's expanding ecosystem.

• Louis's mother (played by Marianne Denicourt) — supporting

  Louis's mother, representing the family background and possibly the societal expectations tied to the elite business school setting.

• Dan's father (played by Bruno Abraham-Kremer) — supporting

  Dan's father, representing the family background and possibly the pressure of elite expectations within the school's social hierarchy.

• Dan's brother (played by Jonathan Cohen) — minor

Key Relationships

• Dan's brother → Dan (brother)
• Dan's father → Dan (father)
• Louis's mother → Louis (mother)
• Louis → Jaffar (Alliance Business Associate)
• Dan → Eulalie (Romantic Complication)
• Louis → Dan (Alliance Business Partner)
• Dan → Jaffar (Social Roommate)

Story Analysis

A business school comedy exploring the commercialization of social capital and romantic entanglements.

Plot Progression

1. The Social Experiment Begins
2. Monetizing Campus Romance
3. Complications and Jealousy
4. Institutional Reckoning