Character Relationship Map: Keep Rollin'

Characters

• Valentin (played by Joel Basman) — protagonist

  After a snowboarding accident confines him to a wheelchair, Valentin is forced by his mother to join a theater project at a facility for people with disabilities. Frustrated by his situation and attra...

• Mira (played by Anna Unterberger) — supporting

  Mira is a caretaker at the facility where Valentin lives after his snowboarding accident. Valentin sees her as the one appealing part of life there and becomes interested in her, but she is already da...

• Marc (played by Ricardo Angelini) — supporting

  Marc is Mira's boyfriend and works at a local gas station. Valentin regards him as a prosperous rival and decides to challenge him, escalating his romantic competition into a plan to rob the station w...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Mira → Marc (Romantic Partners Under Strain) — Their relationship is established as romantic but unsettled because Mira feels that Marc is not listening to her.

  Mira is trying to build a life with Marc, but they argue while viewing an apartment about its cost and Marc's offer to pay more than his share.

• Valentin → Mira (Unreciprocated Romantic Interest) — Valentin's interest in Mira intensifies his frustration and contributes to his rivalry with Marc, but the plot does not establish that Mira returns his feelings.

  Valentin becomes attracted to Mira, whom he sees as the appealing part of life at the facility, while she is already in a relationship with Marc.

Story Dynamics

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

• Valentin → Marc (Conflict Romantic Rivalry) — Valentin turns his attraction to Mira into a challenge against Marc, escalating personal resentment into a criminal act directed at Marc's workplace.

  Valentin regards Marc as a prosperous rival and later taunts him; he also plans to rob the gas station where Marc works.

Story Analysis

A resentful wheelchair user turns institutional frustration and romantic rivalry into a robbery whose consequences remain unresolved.

Plot Progression

1. Arrival Against His Will — Valentin enters the South Tyrol care facility after a bitter argument and reacts with hostility to its routines and restrictions. He is introduced to a roommate and urged toward participation.
2. Theater and Defiance — Valentin joins a theater production but clashes with the director over the size of his role and the purpose of the work. His resentment grows as conversations reveal his contempt for institutional lif...
3. Rivalry Becomes a Crime — Valentin and another resident plan a robbery, obtain a gun, and arrange transportation. At the same time, Mira and Marc's attempt to build a life together is unsettled by an argument over money and li...
4. Aftermath at the Station — The robbery ends in a serious incident requiring assistance and special transport for two wheelchair users. At the police station, a guardian speaks for Valentin before his mother's arrival leaves the...