Character Relationship Map: Partisan

Characters

• Gregori (played by Vincent Cassel) — protagonist

  Patriarch of a child assassin compound. Adopts Alexander and teaches the children to carry out missions against 'terrible men', instructing them to use earplugs during shootings. Faces a climactic con...

• Susanna (played by Florence Mezzara) — supporting

  Alexander's mother, adopted by Gregori. Her emotional reaction to dropping meat due to pregnancy deeply affects Alexander. Later gives birth to a baby brother named Tobias.

• Alexander (played by Kai Caster) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Gregori → Susanna (Family Adoptive Father) — Gregori is also connected to Susanna through an adoptive family structure.

  Susanna's character profile identifies her as having been adopted by Gregori.

• Susanna → Alexander (Family Mother) — Susanna is Alexander's biological mother and remains emotionally important to him.

  Gregori encounters Alexander's mother, Susanna, at a hospital before adopting him.

• Gregori → Alexander (Family Adoptive Father) — Gregori raises Alexander within the child assassin compound as his adopted son.

  Gregori adopts Alexander after seeing Alexander's mother at a hospital.

Story Analysis

A child assassin raised by Gregori gradually rejects the ideology that controls his compound and chooses protective defiance.

Plot Progression

1. Adoption into Violence — Gregori encounters Susanna and adopts Alexander. Alexander is then raised inside a compound where child assassins are trained to accept violence as necessary.
2. Lessons of Obedience — Gregori defines the outside world as dangerous and teaches the children how to conduct shootings. Alexander becomes an adept operative within this rigid system.
3. Kindness Breaks the Doctrine — After killing a mechanic, Alexander witnesses Susanna's distress and encounters unexpected kindness at a grocery store. These experiences begin separating ordinary human feeling from Gregori's doctrin...
4. Doubt and New Life — Authority inside the compound is questioned, and a child disappears. Alexander's doubts deepen while Susanna gives birth to a baby brother.
5. The Point of Defiance — Alexander watches a shooting victim die and returns to the compound changed. He takes the infant and finally points his gun at Gregori during their confrontation.