Character Relationship Map: Suburra

Characters

• Filippo Malgradi (played by Pierfrancesco Favino) — protagonist

  Italian MP driving a real estate bill for Ostia. Involved in a cover-up after a prostitute's death, he is blackmailed by Spadino, threatened by Manfredi who takes his son hostage, and ultimately faces...

• Samurai (played by Claudio Amendola) — protagonist

  Crime boss and former terrorist running a pump station. Controls a Vatican Bank-backed real estate project. Mediates gang conflicts but is ultimately executed by Viola after ordering the hit on 8-Ball...

• Sebastiano (played by Elio Germano) — supporting

  Pimp hosting elite parties. His father dies by suicide over Anacleti debts. He shelters Sabrina, betrays 8-Ball to Manfredi, and ultimately kills Manfredi by locking him in a dog cage after being betr...

• Viola (played by Greta Scarano) — supporting

  Drug-addicted lover of 8-Ball. Seeks revenge against Anacleti hitmen after 8-Ball's death. Escapes the ensuing shootout and ultimately assassinates Samurai at his mother's apartment.

• Sabrina (played by Giulia Elettra Gorietti) — supporting

  Prostitute involved with Malgradi. Tasked with disposing of Yelena's body, she calls Spadino for help. Seeks refuge with Sebastiano, reveals 8-Ball's identity, and is coerced by Manfredi into exposing...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Filippo Malgradi → Sabrina (Romantic Sexual Encounter) — Their exploitative sexual encounter creates the first link in the cover-up.

  Malgradi has sex with Sabrina and an underage girl in a hotel room. After the girl dies, he asks Sabrina to dispose of the body.

Story Dynamics

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

• Sabrina → Samurai (Narrative Indirect Threat Connection) — Sabrina becomes part of the information chain endangering Samurai's project.

  Sabrina's information about the hotel death and the identity of the killer contributes to the chain of revelations that threatens the real estate arra...

• Filippo Malgradi → Sebastiano (Narrative Indirect Causal Link) — Malgradi's initial crime indirectly pulls Sebastiano into the wider conflict.

  Malgradi's hotel-room cover-up leads Sabrina to seek shelter with Sebastiano, whose later disclosure helps expose Malgradi as the guarantor of the pro...

• Samurai → Sebastiano (Narrative Indirect Adversarial Link) — Their connection is indirect, formed through the project and the criminal power structure.

  Samurai's mediation and protection of the real estate project contribute to the criminal pressure that reaches Sebastiano through the rival family and...

• Samurai → Viola (Conflict Murderous Adversary) — Samurai's decision makes Viola a direct personal enemy.

  Samurai executes Viola's lover and his associates after the lover refuses to accept the criminal family into the project.

• Sebastiano → Sabrina (Alliance Shelter Provider) — Sebastiano temporarily protects Sabrina from the criminal retaliation surrounding the killing.

  Fearing for her life, Sabrina seeks shelter from Sebastiano, and he allows her to stay at his house.

• Filippo Malgradi → Samurai (Political-Criminal Alliance) — Their cooperation links parliamentary influence with organized crime and real estate profits.

  Malgradi works on the Ostia real estate bill while Samurai has a major financial interest in the same project. Malgradi later demands Samurai's help w...

Story Analysis

A political real estate scheme collapses into criminal war, betrayal, and personal revenge.

Plot Progression

1. Power Beneath the Bill — Malgradi promotes the Ostia development while Samurai supplies criminal and financial influence. A hotel death creates a dangerous cover-up that connects the political and criminal worlds.
2. Debts and Retaliation — Sebastiano loses control of his family property because of criminal debts. Malgradi is blackmailed, and a confrontation over drugs ends with the death of a young criminal.
3. Secrets Feed the War — Sabrina hides with Sebastiano and reveals the killer's identity. Revenge attacks follow, while Samurai tries to preserve the real estate alliance through mediation.
4. Hostage and Bloodshed — The criminal patriarch uses Malgradi's son as leverage for a share of the project. Samurai resolves the dispute through executions, allowing Viola to escape and continue her revenge.
5. Revenge After Victory — The bill passes, but the body discovery threatens Malgradi's immunity. Sebastiano kills the patriarch, and Viola finally assassinates Samurai.