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

Canonical Relationships

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

• Dan's brother → Dan (brother)
• Dan's father → Dan (father)
• Louis's mother → Louis (mother)
• Dan → Eulalie (Employer And Romantic Interest) — Their connection develops from Eulalie's involvement in the business into a romantic relationship strained by Dan's jealousy.

  Eulalie is recruited to work for the group, and the plot says that Dan and Eulalie end up seeing each other. She later distances herself from him beca...

Story Dynamics

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

• Dan → Louis (Alliance Business Partners) — Louis and Dan help run the campus venture, with Louis handling clients and Dan managing the accounts.

  Louis proposes that he, Dan, and Kelia collaborate on extending the paid companionship strategy, and the group establishes Les amateurs de Cigares.

• Dan → Jaffar (Social Roommates) — They share a room at the business school, and Jaffar's difficulty with dating becomes the occasion for the scheme's first paid arrangement.

  The plot describes Jaffar as Dan's room-mate and says that Jaffar is continually unsuccessful with girls.

Story Analysis

Business-school students turn social attention into a commercial scheme, whose growth brings personal strain and institutional consequences.

Plot Progression

1. A Scheme for Jaffar — Kelia arrives at the business school and meets Dan. After arranging paid company for Jaffar at a soirée, the students see a wider commercial opportunity.
2. Building the Campus Venture — Louis proposes expanding the strategy, and the students form Les amateurs de Cigares. They divide the work of recruiting clients, looking after them, and managing the accounts.
3. Eulalie and the Expanding Business — Eulalie joins the venture and later becomes involved with Dan. The business grows into an engineering college, but the group is accused of procuring.
4. Jealousy and Institutional Scrutiny — Eulalie distances herself from Dan over his jealousy. Dan attempts to defend the students' academic standing as they face a disciplinary council.