Character Relationship Map: Free Subject

Characters

• Iris (played by Theodora Tzimou) — protagonist

  A Fine Arts school teacher in her early forties who assigns a 'Free Subject' exercise to her students. Her personal boundaries and professional authority are challenged when her lost phone becomes the...

• Giorgos (played by Dimitris Kitsos) — protagonist

  A provocative 20-year-old student who finds Iris's lost cell phone. He bases his Free Subject assignment on a fictionalized recreation of the teacher's life, embodying the film's exploration of indivi...

• Proedros (played by Lazaros Georgakopoulos) — supporting

  A minor character, likely holding an administrative or academic title, but lacks specific plot details in the provided summary.

• Nadia (played by Martha Lambiri-Fedorów) — minor

  One of the 20-year-old art students who enthusiastically embraces the 'Free Subject' assignment and joins the group's 'imagination factory.'

• Giannis (played by Konstantinos Elmatzioglou) — minor

  A student in Iris's Fine Arts class who participates in the collective exploration of creative freedom and shifting social values.

• Vasilis (played by Panos Kougias) — minor

  A student within the Fine Arts school who joins the cohort in pushing the boundaries of the 'Free Subject' assignment.

• Dafni (played by Fragiski Moustaki) — minor

  A student in Iris's class who actively engages with the 'imagination factory' concept alongside her peers.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Iris → Proedros (Power Subordinate) — Iris reports to Proedros within the school hierarchy.
• Iris → Dafni (Professional Teacher) — Iris instructs Dafni as part of the Fine Arts School faculty.
• Iris → Vasilis (Professional Teacher) — Iris instructs Vasilis as part of the Fine Arts School faculty.
• Iris → Giannis (Professional Teacher) — Iris instructs Giannis as part of the Fine Arts School faculty.
• Iris → Nadia (Professional Teacher) — Iris instructs Nadia as part of the Fine Arts School faculty.
• Iris → Giorgos (Professional Teacher) — Iris assigns the Free Subject exercise to Giorgos as his instructor.

Story Dynamics

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

• Giorgos → Dafni (Alliance Teammate) — Both collaborate within the student imagination factory.
• Giorgos → Vasilis (Alliance Teammate) — Both collaborate within the student imagination factory.
• Giorgos → Giannis (Alliance Teammate) — Both collaborate within the student imagination factory.
• Giorgos → Nadia (Alliance Teammate) — Both collaborate within the student imagination factory.

Story Analysis

The film examines how artistic freedom becomes complicated when a student's imagined subject enters a teacher's personal life.

Plot Progression

1. A Teacher Opens Choice — Iris, a Fine Arts School teacher, assigns her students an exercise on a Free Subject. The assignment introduces artistic freedom within a period of questioned social values.
2. The Imagination Factory — The twenty-year-old students are thrilled to choose their own subjects. Their enthusiasm produces an imagination factory described as having no limits.
3. The Lost Phone — Iris's lost cell phone becomes central to a provocative project after it is found. The phone connects the students' unrestricted creativity with the teacher's private life.
4. Freedom Crosses Boundaries — A student project fictitiously recreates Iris's life. This artistic act challenges her personal boundaries and professional authority while focusing the film on the limits of individual freedom.