Character Relationship Map: Frontier(s)

Characters

• Farid (played by Chems Dahmani) — protagonist

  One of the Muslim Arab youths in the street gang who steals money during political riots. He and Tom are attacked at the inn, and Farid survives initially by hiding in a mine shaft with other captives...

• Yasmine (played by Karina Testa) — supporting

  The pregnant member of the street gang who survives the ordeal. After fleeing the hospital, she is captured at the inn, escapes her chains, and ultimately becomes the sole survivor against the neo-Naz...

• Alex (played by Aurélien Wiik) — supporting

  A member of the street gang who helps Yasmine escape after she is captured at the inn. He is discovered by the captors, has his Achilles tendons severed by von Geisler to prevent escape, and is ultima...

• Sami (played by Adel Bencherif) — supporting
• Tom (played by David Saracino) — supporting

  One of the gang members who retrieves the stolen money. He and Farid are attacked at the inn, and Tom is quickly recaptured by the captors, meeting his fate off-screen or in the mine, while Farid temp...

• Hans (played by Joël Lefrançois) — minor
• Von Geisler (played by Jean-Pierre Jorris) — minor
• Eva (played by Maud Forget) — supporting

  A seemingly meek captive of the neo-Nazi family who secretly cares for the rejected children in the mine. She aids Yasmine's survival by revealing the family's secrets, intervening to kill Karl with a...

• Klaudia (played by Amélie Daure) — supporting

  One of the two female innkeepers who lure the gang members to their property. She participates in the attacks on the captives, ambushes Yasmine with Gilberte near the end, and presumably dies in the g...

• Gilberte (played by Estelle Lefébure) — supporting

  One of the innkeepers and a member of the neo-Nazi family. She lures victims, participates in the brutal hunts, and survives an explosion only to be killed by Yasmine, who tears out her throat in a fi...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Hans → Von Geisler (Power Family Follower) — Hans functions as an enforcer within the patriarch's household.

  Hans operates inside Von Geisler's family compound and acts against the family's enemies in the mine.

• Eva → Von Geisler (Power Captive Subject) — Von Geisler's family controls Eva through captivity and manipulation.

  Eva says she obeys because the family promised that her parents would return, showing her dependence on the household's authority.

• Klaudia → Von Geisler (Power Family Subordinate) — Klaudia acts within Von Geisler's violent household structure.

  Klaudia is one of the innkeepers and a member of the family whose patriarch is Von Geisler.

• Gilberte → Von Geisler (Power Family Subordinate) — Gilberte participates in the patriarch's system of capturing and killing outsiders.

  Gilberte is an innkeeper and member of the family ruled by the patriarch Von Geisler.

Story Dynamics

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

• Eva → Yasmine (Alliance Secret Protector) — Eva secretly assists Yasmine while remaining trapped within the family system.

  Eva explains the family's history to Yasmine, leads her to dinner, and later uses a shotgun to kill Yasmine's pursuer.

• Hans → Farid (Conflict Hunter And Victim) — Hans is the direct killer of Farid in the mine.

  Hans chases Farid into a boiler after Farid discovers the victims' storage area, where Farid is cooked alive.

• Klaudia → Farid (Conflict Predatory Captor) — She contributes to the threat that forces Farid into hiding.

  Klaudia helps lure Farid to the inn and participates in the attack that drives him toward the mine.

• Gilberte → Tom (Conflict Predatory Captor) — She uses the inn's hospitality as a trap against Tom.

  Gilberte helps lure Tom to the inn and participates in the brutal attack on him.

• Klaudia → Yasmine (Conflict Captor And Enemy) — Klaudia remains one of Yasmine's final armed opponents at the inn.

  Klaudia participates in Yasmine's capture and later ambushes her with Gilberte using sub-machine guns.

• Gilberte → Yasmine (Conflict Captor And Enemy) — Their conflict culminates in Yasmine tearing out Gilberte's throat.

  Gilberte helps capture Yasmine, later confronts her with Klaudia, survives an explosion, and is killed by Yasmine.

• Von Geisler → Yasmine (Conflict Captive And Oppressor) — He treats Yasmine as controlled reproductive property before she takes him hostage.

  Von Geisler's family captures Yasmine, confines her, and attempts to use her pregnancy to continue the family lineage.

• Von Geisler → Alex (Conflict Captor And Executioner) — Von Geisler directly disables and executes Alex.

  After Yasmine escapes the pigpen, Von Geisler cuts Alex's Achilles tendons and later grants his request to be killed quickly.

• Gilberte → Klaudia (Alliance Hunting Partners) — They operate as coordinated members of the inn's violent family.

  Gilberte and Klaudia jointly lure Tom and Farid, participate in attacks, and later ambush Yasmine together.

• Sami → Farid (Alliance Gang Teammate) — Their relationship is based on shared participation in the gang.

  Sami and Farid are both identified as members of the street gang involved in the robbery and escape.

• Alex → Tom (Alliance Gang Teammate) — They follow separate escape routes while remaining connected through the gang's plan.

  Alex and Tom are members of the robbery group that divides after Sami is shot.

Story Analysis

A desperate escape becomes a fight for survival against a murderous far-right family while political extremism spreads beyond the inn.

Plot Progression

1. Riots And A Desperate Robbery — Political riots destabilize Paris, and the gang commits a robbery to finance its escape. Sami is shot, dividing the group and forcing Yasmine to confront the danger of flight.
2. The Inn's Hidden Hunger — Tom and Farid reach the border inn while Alex and Yasmine follow their directions. The innkeepers turn apparent hospitality into a trap, sending the survivors toward captivity and the mine.
3. Chains Beneath The House — Yasmine and Alex are imprisoned in the pigpen, while Farid discovers the hidden victims below the inn. Alex's sacrifice and Farid's death reveal the family's total control.
4. New Blood At Dinner — Eva reveals the family's coercive history before bringing Yasmine to the dinner table. Von Geisler's Nazi identity and reproductive plan provoke Yasmine's violent revolt.
5. Fire Through The Mine — Yasmine fights through the mine and the armed innkeepers, aided by Eva's decisive intervention. The family collapses, but Eva chooses to remain with the children.