Character Relationship Map: The Consolation

Characters

• Young Flavie Flament (played by Lou Gable) — protagonist
• Flavie Flament (played by Émilie Dequenne) — supporting
• David Hamilton (played by Philip Schurer) — supporting
• Grandfather (played by Patrick Préjean) — supporting
• Flavie's Father (played by Xavier Mathieu) — supporting
• Flavie's Mother (played by Léa Drucker) — supporting
• The Shrink (played by Hervé Pierre) — supporting
• Hari (played by Hugo Chalan Marchio) — supporting
• Bertrand (played by François Briault) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Flavie's Father → Young Flavie Flament (father)
• Flavie's Mother → Young Flavie Flament (mother)
• Flavie Flament → Grandfather (Family Bond)

  Flavie Flament recalls that she was especially close to Grandfather when describing her childhood family.

• Flavie Flament → Flavie's Father (Family Daughter And Father)

  Adult Flavie Flament recalls receiving little affection from Flavie's Father and associating her worth with approval.

• Flavie Flament → Flavie's Mother (Family Daughter And Mother)

  Adult Flavie Flament recalls that Flavie's Mother focused intensely on beauty, weight, grooming, and male attention during her youth.

• Flavie Flament → Bertrand (Professional Patient And Doctor)

  After becoming pale and suffering breathing difficulties and a racing heart during a production, Flavie Flament is taken to Bertrand's practice.

• Flavie Flament → The Shrink (Professional Patient And Therapist)

  Seeking an explanation for her symptoms, Flavie Flament speaks with The Shrink and examines an old family album.

• Young Flavie Flament → David Hamilton (Professional Photographer And Subject)

  Young Flavie Flament is offered a photographic trial with David Hamilton, described as a famous photographer.

• Young Flavie Flament → Hari (Romantic Involvement)

  Young Flavie Flament begins a relationship with Hari, who writes passionate letters and invites her to stay with him.

• Flavie Flament → Young Flavie Flament (Temporal Present Self And Past Self)

  The film presents Flavie Flament's present-day memories and then follows Young Flavie Flament through fragmented childhood and adolescent recollection...

• Young Flavie Flament → Grandfather (Family Granddaughter And Grandfather)

  Young Flavie Flament remembers being especially close to Grandfather within her conventional family.

Story Dynamics

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

• Flavie's Mother → Hari (Social Relationship Intermediary)

  Flavie's Mother helps manage the correspondence between Young Flavie Flament and Hari.

Story Analysis

A television professional confronts panic and fragmented memories of childhood approval, romance, and a disturbing photographic encounter.

Plot Progression

1. Panic Behind the Screen
2. Photographs Against Memory
3. The Price of Approval
4. An Adult World Approaches
5. The Photographic Threshold