Character Relationship Map: MadS

Characters

• Romain (played by Milton Riche) — protagonist

  Romain is the central character, celebrating his birthday by taking an unknown red powder with his dealer before encountering the infected Woman on the Road. His condition worsens into violent attacks...

• Anaïs (played by Laurie Pavy) — protagonist

  Anaïs is one of Romain’s sexual partners and later becomes infected after snorting the same red powder. She develops severe tics, survives repeated gunfire, attacks strangers, and pursues Julia while...

• Julia (played by Lucille Guillaume) — supporting

  Julia is Anaïs’s friend and the pregnant woman who rejects Romain’s sexual advance at the party. She tries to help Anaïs by taking her toward a hospital, then returns home to protect her mother before...

• Noa (played by Yovel Lewkowski) — supporting

  Noa is a masked paramilitary member who encounters Julia inside the apartment building while searching for Anaïs. After Anaïs bites her leg, Noa realizes she is infected, gives Julia her rifle, and ki...

• Dealer (played by Vincent Pasdermadjian) — supporting

  The Dealer is Romain’s companion at the beginning of the film and supplies or shares the unknown red powdered substance with him on his birthday. Although the character appears only in the opening set...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Noa → Julia (Power Armed Authority) — Noa controls the immediate encounter but ultimately transfers a weapon and choice to Julia.

  Noa tells Julia to be silent, searches for Anaïs, and later hands Julia the rifle before killing herself.

• Romain → Anaïs (Romantic Sexual Partners) — Their intimate connection links the opening incident to the party sequence.

  Anaïs is identified as one of Romain's sexual partners and arrives at his home before taking him to a party.

• Romain → Julia (Romantic Rejected Sexual Advance) — Their brief encounter establishes an unsuccessful intimate advance.

  Romain tries to have sex with Julia, who is pregnant, but she rebuffs him and returns to the party.

• Romain → Dealer (Professional Drug Supplier) — Dealer supplies the substance that precedes Romain's transformation.

  Romain snorts an unknown red powdered substance with his drug dealer on his birthday.

Story Dynamics

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

• Noa → Anaïs (Conflict Armed Adversary) — Noa directly confronts and kills Anaïs.

  Noa searches for Anaïs, is attacked in the leg, and shoots Anaïs repeatedly in the head.

• Anaïs → Julia (Social Acquaintances) — Julia initially responds to Anaïs as someone she knows and attempts to help her.

  Anaïs calls Julia to arrange a rendezvous at a nearby bridge, and Julia places Anaïs on her motorised scooter.

Story Analysis

An unexplained contagion transforms a night of drug use into a violent collapse of identity, trust, and social order.

Plot Progression

1. Red Powder at Midnight — Romain uses an unknown red powder and encounters a heavily bandaged woman. Her recording and disappearance turn an apparently drug-induced episode into an unexplained threat.
2. Party of Contagion — Anaïs takes Romain to a house party, where the same powder is used again. Romain's tics, altered eyes, and sudden violence reveal that the danger is escalating.
3. The Armed Pursuit — Romain returns home and discovers the missing woman removing a tracking device. Masked paramilitary forces invade, shoot her, capture Romain, and carry him away.
4. Anaïs Unleashed — Anaïs survives gunfire, escapes a bar massacre, and contacts Julia. Her symptoms intensify until assistance becomes a violent struggle during the scooter ride.
5. The Last Apartment — Anaïs follows Julia into the apartment building and attacks her family. Noa kills Anaïs, then kills herself after realizing she has been bitten, leaving Julia emotionally shattered.