Character Relationship Map: I, Cesar

Characters

• César Petit (played by Jules Sitruk) — protagonist

  A young Parisian schoolboy who fabricates his father's arrest for excitement and secretly travels to London with Sarah and Morgan to find his friend's father.

• Sarah Delgado (played by Joséphine Berry) — protagonist

  Cesar's mutual friend who joins the secret trip to London to help Morgan locate his father, deceiving their parents about their whereabouts.

• Morgan Boulanger (played by Mabô Kouyaté) — supporting

  The mutual friend of Cesar and Sarah whose missing father living in London serves as the catalyst for the trio's secret journey.

• Chantal Petit (played by Maria de Medeiros) — minor
• Le prof de gym (played by Jean-Paul Rouve) — minor
• Bertrand Petit (played by Jean-Philippe Écoffey) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• César Petit → Le prof de gym (Professional Student-Teacher) — An authority figure César deceives to create his desired excitement.
• César Petit → Bertrand Petit (Family Father) — César's father, whose supposed arrest is the catalyst for César's fabricated crisis.
• César Petit → Chantal Petit (Family Mother) — César's mother, part of the ordinary family unit he seeks to escape.

Story Dynamics

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

• Sarah Delgado → Morgan Boulanger (Alliance Co-conspirator) — Sarah and Morgan collaborate closely to find Morgan's missing parent.
• César Petit → Morgan Boulanger (Alliance Co-conspirator) — Morgan joins César and Sarah as a fellow traveler on the quest.
• César Petit → Sarah Delgado (Alliance Co-conspirator) — Sarah acts as César's primary partner in their secret journey.

Story Analysis

The available account follows a boy's detached view of a funeral and the first signs that its surrounding business troubles affect his family.

Plot Progression

1. The Funeral Invitation — On an unusual Wednesday, the boy attends the funeral of his father's business associate. His mother had objected, but his father brings him.
2. A Child Watches the Mourners — The boy sees the adults' grief as a spectacle rather than sharing it. His mother's tears are the one part of the funeral that truly affects him.
3. The Cost of Norbert's Affairs — Norbert is praised as a generous and warm-hearted man. The mother tells the father that their business dealings with him are going sour.
4. An Unfinished Introduction — The consequences of Norbert's death begin to affect the family, and the narrator says the events trigger a change in him. The available account ends before explaining the later conflicts or their reso...