Character Relationship Map: HIM

Characters

• Petter (played by Johannes Joner) — protagonist
• Eirik (played by Emil Johnsen) — supporting
• Harald (played by Frank Werner Laug) — supporting
• Harald's mother (played by Laila Goody) — supporting
• Eirik's mother (played by Sigrid Huun) — supporting
• Harald's father (played by Ole Johan Skjelbred) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Harald's father → Harald (father)
• Eirik's mother → Eirik (mother)
• Harald's mother → Harald (mother)

Story Dynamics

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

• Eirik → Harald (Narrative Parallel Protagonists)

  Eirik's unemployment story and Harald's school story are presented as two of the film's three different stories about the male role in Norway.

• Petter → Harald (Narrative Parallel Protagonists)

  The film presents Petter's adult experience together with Harald's experience as an 11-year-old boy reprimanded at school.

• Petter → Eirik (Narrative Parallel Protagonists)

  The film follows Petter's story alongside Eirik's story as two separate examinations of male roles in Norway.

Story Analysis

Three separate Norwegian stories examine how institutional pressure and public judgment shape male experience across adulthood and childhood.

Plot Progression

1. Three Lives Under Pressure
2. Denied Support
3. Public Reprimand
4. A Shared Masculine Landscape