Character Relationship Map: The Bridge

Characters

• Mina (played by Carole Bouquet) — protagonist

  A part-time domestic worker and devoted mother who finds herself emotionally torn between her decent, unemployed husband and a new romantic interest, ultimately triggering a crisis in her family life.

• Georges (played by Gérard Depardieu) — protagonist

  A good-natured but unemployed man who takes a job on a remote bridge construction site, only to face the collapse of his marriage as his wife pursues another relationship.

• Tommy (played by Stanislas Forlani) — supporting

  A fifteen-year-old boy coping with the financial and emotional strain of his parents' failing marriage while navigating his own first romantic feelings.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Mina → Georges (Family Wife)

  Mina has been married to Georges for fifteen years.

• Georges → Tommy (Family Father)

  Mina and Georges have a son named Tommy.

• Mina → Tommy (Family Mother)

  Mina and Georges have a son named Tommy; Mina is also described as a devoted mother.

Story Analysis

Mina's new love develops as her long marriage to Georges loses its passion and creates a crisis for their family.

Plot Progression

1. A Family Under Strain
2. The Marriage Fades
3. A New Attachment
4. The Family Crisis