Character Relationship Map: Eat It

Characters

• Commendatore / Mister Eat it (played by Frank Wolff) — protagonist

  The eccentric industrialist who owns the canned meat company. He discovers a wild hominid, uses him in a successful advertising campaign, and eventually replaces him due to a physical resemblance. Aft...

• Volpi (played by Paolo Villaggio) — protagonist

  The company's accountant who advises the owner to exploit the captured wild hominid by featuring him in a provocative advertising campaign alongside partially clothed women to boost canned meat sales.

• Farmer (played by Giampiero Albertini) — supporting

  A farm worker for the meat company who discovers the wild hominid seducing his daughters and consuming a massive stock of sausages stored in his cellar.

• Daughter of Farmer #1 (played by Silvia Dionisio) — supporting

  One of the farmer's daughters who is initially seduced and targeted by the captured wild hominid.

• Daughter of Farmer #2 (played by Monica Herfert) — supporting

  The other farmer's daughter who suffers the same fate, being seduced and victimized by the wild hominid.

• Wife of Volpi (played by Rossella Bergamonti) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Volpi → Commendatore / Mister Eat it (Professional Employer) — Business relationship for advertising campaign
• Volpi → Farmer (Professional Business Associate) — Professional connection regarding meat product
• Daughter of Farmer #1 → Daughter of Farmer #2 (Family Sisters) — Sisters from same farming family
• Commendatore / Mister Eat it → Farmer (Professional Client) — Business relationship for finding the savage man
• Commendatore / Mister Eat it → Volpi (Professional Employer) — Business relationship in the meat company
• Volpi → Wife of Volpi (Family Husband) — Married couple with professional connections
• Farmer → Daughter of Farmer #2 (Family Father) — Parent-child relationship
• Farmer → Daughter of Farmer #1 (Family Father) — Parent-child relationship

Story Dynamics

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

• Wife of Volpi → Commendatore / Mister Eat it (Social Observer) — Witnesses the advertising campaign
• Farmer → Commendatore / Mister Eat it (Narrative Discoverer) — Finds the savage man in the fields

Story Analysis

A meat industrialist turns a wild hominid into a commercial spectacle, then sacrifices his humanity to preserve the company's profits.

Plot Progression

1. The Wild Appetite — A farmer discovers a wild hominid connected to his daughters and a vast sausage feast. The creature is captured and its seductive, predatory abilities are revealed.
2. Selling the Savage — An accountant proposes turning the hominid into an advertising attraction. The campaign shows the creature consuming canned meat beside partly naked women and becomes highly successful.
3. The Failed Experiment — To increase profits, the company orders chemists to create an appetite-enhancing substance. The experiment instead removes the hominid's sexual appetite, threatening the commercial strategy.
4. The Industrialist's Substitution — The industrialist exploits his resemblance to the hominid and decides to replace it. He begins consuming canned meat to preserve the company's profits.
5. The Cow Transformation — The industrialist's continued meat consumption produces a grotesque transformation. His attempt to save the business ends with him becoming a cow.