Primary Characters

Claudio Bruno: photo
All around great guy. Very funny. Bit of a rebel. Likes his booze and smokes. High energy. 49 years old. Lived in the area for 25 years. Has worked at the Centre Azur since 1997 (we met then). Constantly is defending me.

Nathalie Hesse: photo
Seemingly unhappy. 42 years old. Recently divorced. 2 girls, 13 and 15. They live with their father in Brittany. Is looking for work so the girls can move back with her.

Benno Muechler: photo
20-year-old German doing his "civil service". Good guy. Going in politics for the purpose of journalism. Father is a journalist. Possibly the most kind, if a bit reserved, person here. Eats constantly.

Julian Schweikert: photo
20-year-old German doing his "civil service". Good guy. Going to work at a hotel for three years as an apprenticeship, then school for hotel management. Loves service for others... especially those with disabilities.

Jacques Viazzi: photo
60-year-old divorcee living in the little apartment above the kitchen until he finds a home. Gave me a bike to use while I am here. Super nice. Quietly funny. Very Smart. From Bandol. Is usually found at the beach during the day with his best friend, Naine.

 

Secondary Characters

Alexandra Bruno:
Daughter to Claudio. Housekeeper. Very kind. 19 years old. Smokes. Likes romance movies. Doesn't like drugs. Has fallen in love with a fireman in Toulon. Drives with no license.

Rose Christo:
1/2 in the office, 1/2 in the restaurant. Very hard worked. Mother of three boys in there twenties. Likes to sing while she works. Speaks a few phrases in English. Regularly annoyed with about everyone. Yet extremely nice with me.

Maurice Chrysos:
I suppose he is the second chef. Gay. Very nice and funny, even if he takes it a bit too far from time to time. Used to work on a Cruise ship and made "good" money. Drives a Mercedes but thinks it's too flashy.

Estelle Ferrante:
Was fired the first of second day I was here. But at the Centre Azur when you are fired you can keep working for a few months. Wants to be in with the workers and the direction. Told the boss when I didn't sweep the floor good enough and then stood there as I was reprimanded.

Danielle Gendron:
French, born in Canada. Speaks some English. Extremely kind. Hard worker. Positive as can be. Likes a few glasses of rose with lunch (this is very normal, not weird as it would be in the USA). Talks a lot, almost incessantly.

Claude Holtzmann:
Maintenance man. Very hard worker who seems to know about everything concerning the care and feeding of a building. Wife is a nurse. Was born in Algeria to parents who were "colonists" as he puts it.

Laurent LeCam:
A bit of a sadist I suppose. Loves public ridicule. Seems unhappy. Takes his life way to serious. Hates it when people speak languages other than French. Jogs. Doesn't like music in the kitchen, prefers talk radio. Actually is nice from time to time, it just appears forced.

Francois Seidenbinder:
Director of the Centre Azur. Very nice. Speaks English and is rumored to speak German. Worked for the YMCA for a few years in Paris. Born in Africa to missionary parents. Taught biology, chemistry and math at an island north of Australia for 15 years. Only wears Hawaiian shirts.

Cameron Thomas:
32-year-old graphic design student putting up with living in the south of France near the Mediterranean Sea for a few months.