Character Relationship Map: Humans

Characters

• Nadia (played by Sara Forestier) — protagonist

  Nadia is a captive encountered by Thomas among the hostile inhabitants of the hidden mountain community. Her imprisonment makes her part of the group’s rescue effort, and Thomas attempts to help her e...

• Thomas (played by Lorànt Deutsch) — protagonist

  Thomas is one of the expedition members who travels into the Alps with Gildas, Elodie, and Patricia. He investigates the disappearance of a body, follows clues about the hidden population, encounters...

• Gildas (played by Dominique Pinon) — supporting

  Gildas is a member of the expedition team that enters the remote Alpine region with Thomas, Elodie, and Patricia. He shares the group’s dangerous journey, including the vehicle failure, isolation, arg...

• Elodie (played by Manon Tournier) — supporting

  Elodie accompanies Thomas, Gildas, and Patricia on the expedition into the mountains. She is exposed to the group’s growing tensions, the discovery of strange tracks and caves, and attacks by the hidd...

• Patricia (played by Élise Otzenberger) — supporting

  Patricia is one of the expedition members traveling with Thomas, Gildas, and Elodie. She endures the group’s isolation and confrontation with the hidden inhabitants, and Thomas later finds her apparen...

Story Dynamics

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

• Elodie → Patricia (Alliance Expedition Teammate) — They share the same investigation and survival ordeal.

  Elodie and Patricia enter the remote region with Thomas and Gildas to investigate the archival expedition.

• Gildas → Patricia (Alliance Expedition Teammate) — Their connection is established through the expedition team.

  Gildas and Patricia are members of the same mountain expedition group, which becomes separated and attacked during the search for a way out.

• Gildas → Elodie (Alliance Expedition Teammate) — They share the expedition's dangers and logistical obstacles.

  Gildas and Elodie travel together with Thomas and Patricia while searching for a way through the mountains and back to civilization.

• Thomas → Patricia (Alliance Expedition Teammate) — Thomas remains involved in Patricia's survival during the escape.

  Patricia is part of the group traveling with Thomas through the mountains. Thomas later finds her apparently alive but struggling to breathe.

• Thomas → Elodie (Alliance Expedition Teammate) — Their cooperation is defined by the shared expedition and escape.

  Elodie travels with Thomas, Gildas, and Patricia into the mountains after the group decides to investigate the archival evidence.

• Thomas → Gildas (Alliance Expedition Teammate) — They belong to the same expedition group.

  Thomas and Gildas travel with Elodie and Patricia into the remote mountain region to investigate the old expedition.

• Thomas → Nadia (Alliance Rescue Ally) — Their relationship develops through mutual rescue during the final survival attempt.

  Thomas encounters Nadia while she is being held by the hidden inhabitants. They attempt to rescue one another and escape together.

Story Analysis

An expedition into the Swiss Alps uncovers a hidden population connected to humanity's distant evolutionary past, turning scientific curiosity into a fight for survival.

Plot Progression

1. The Archived Mystery — A scientific discussion examines an unusual Neanderthal skull. Archival documents identify an old expedition and two unexplored glacial sites.
2. stranded In The Alps — Thomas, Gildas, Elodie, and Patricia reach the remote mountains, but their vehicle breaks down and communication becomes impossible. Their disagreements intensify as they continue on foot.
3. Signs Beneath The Ice — The disappearance of a body makes the group suspect that they are being watched. Strange tracks, passages, caves, carvings, and graves reveal an unknown community.
4. The Hidden Human Past — The skulls found in the caves resemble the studied Neanderthal specimen and suggest another stage of human evolution. Hostile inhabitants then separate, capture, and attack members of the group.
5. A Road Without Certainty — Thomas finds Nadia captive and discovers Patricia still alive but struggling to breathe. The survivors evade an armed pursuer, reach a road, and make an uncertain attempt to stop a car.