Dismissal (2017) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

Javier's pursuit of corporate power collapses when technological failures, hidden records, and incriminating evidence expose a wider conspiracy.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Ambition Before Collapse

Javier expects professional advancement, a larger bonus, and improved domestic circumstances. His controlled corporate routine is established through his dealings with Marita and the coming board meeting.

Key Events

• Hooded Man Taken Away — A frightened man is held under a hood and taken to Los Alerces. Location: Los Alerces
• Javier's Corporate Expectations — Javier expects a bonus, a promotion, and a better home with his wife. Characters: Javier Location: Company offices
• Marita Receives Instructions — Javier relies on secretary Marita while demanding a cheerful professional manner. Characters: Javier, Marita Location: Company offices
• Board Meeting Preparation — Javier insists that the board meeting must be handled with ceremony. Characters: Javier, Marita Location: Company offices

Crisis Under Corporate Pressure

A computer-system collapse threatens a blackout while a damaged camera and vandalized company car expose a hostile environment. Javier responds with orders and a dismissal-centered cost-cutting plan.

Key Events

• Corporate System Collapse — The company's computer system collapses just before auditors are due to arrive. Characters: Javier Location: Company offices
• Blackout Threat Emerges — The system failure threatens to cause a local blackout, prompting Javier to order immediate solutions. Characters: Javier Location: Company offices
• Garage Camera Damage — A damaged security camera prevents review of an incident in the garage. Characters: Javier Location: Company garage
• Vandalized Company Car — Javier's company car is vandalized with an offensive message. Characters: Javier Location: Company garage
• Dismissal Cost Plan — Javier proposes dismissals and removes outsourced server supervision to claim savings. Characters: Javier Location: Company offices

The Cost of Advancement

Javier uses the crisis to pursue personal advancement and proposes a private partnership after firing an employee. A threat to publish damaging information pushes him toward investigating the restricted Gesconar server.

Key Events

• Private Partnership Proposal — After firing an employee, Javier proposes that the employee become a private business partner. Characters: Javier Location: Company offices
• Threat of Exposure — Someone connected to the company threatens to publish damaging information unless Javier resigns. Characters: Javier Location: Company offices
• Gesconar Server Investigation — Javier, Rubén, and Raulito access restricted records about company finances and missing payments. Characters: Javier, Rubén, Raulito Location: Restricted Gesconar server

Secrets Behind Gesconar

Javier works with Rubén and Raulito to access records concerning finances and missing payments. The alarmed intrusion forces them to retreat and hide overnight.

Key Events

• Gesconar Server Investigation — Javier, Rubén, and Raulito access restricted records about company finances and missing payments. Characters: Javier, Rubén, Raulito Location: Restricted Gesconar server
• Alarms Force Retreat — Their intrusion triggers alarms, forcing the three investigators to retreat. Characters: Javier, Rubén, Raulito Location: Restricted Gesconar server
• Overnight Hiding — Javier, Rubén, and Raulito hide overnight after the alarmed intrusion. Characters: Javier, Rubén, Raulito Location: Company premises

Dismissal and Exposure

Human Resources reveals the national-security implications of Gesconar and the evidence that Javier ran over a man. Retirement is offered without his expected bonus, while Omar's power maneuver and Eduardo's violent plan leave the conspiracy unresolved.

Key Events

• Human Resources Confronts Javier — Human Resources confronts Javier about the restricted server and the consequences of his actions. Characters: Javier Location: Human Resources office
• National Security Revelation — Javier learns that Gesconar is linked to official national-security documents and possible imprisonment. Characters: Javier Location: Human Resources office
• Carpark Footage Revealed — Security footage shows that Javier ran over a man in the carpark. Characters: Javier Location: Company carpark
• Retirement Without Bonus — Javier is offered voluntary retirement to avoid dismissal and prosecution, but loses his expected bonus. Characters: Javier Location: Human Resources office
• Omar's Board Maneuver — Javier discovers that Omar opposed his board nomination and manipulated the bonus. Characters: Javier, Omar Location: Company offices
• Violent Accident Cover-Up — Eduardo participates in a violent plan to make a young man's death look accidental. Characters: Eduardo Location: Unspecified location

Story Breakdown

• Hooded Opening — The film begins with a frightened man being taken to Los Alerces under concealment.
  • Forced Transportation — A man is held under a hood and transported.
  • Unresolved Threat — The opening establishes danger before Javier's corporate storyline.
• Corporate Ambition — Javier expects rewards and carefully manages his public position inside the company.
  • Expected Promotion — Javier anticipates a bonus, promotion, and better home.
  • Boardroom Ceremony — He instructs Marita to prepare the board meeting formally.
• Technical Breakdown — A collapsing company system creates operational danger and obscures a garage incident.
  • System Failure — The computer system collapses before the auditors arrive.
  • Blackout Risk — The failure threatens a local blackout.
• Hostile Workplace — Physical damage and proposed dismissals reveal the company's increasingly hostile atmosphere.
  • Damaged Surveillance — A broken camera prevents review of the garage incident.
  • Cost Cutting — Javier proposes dismissals and removes outsourced server supervision.
• Personal Power Play — Javier turns the corporate crisis into an opportunity for personal advancement.
  • Private Partnership — After a firing, Javier proposes private work as a partnership.
  • Exposure Threat — A company-connected person demands Javier's resignation or threatens disclosure.
• Gesconar Investigation — Javier, Rubén, and Raulito enter restricted systems to investigate suspicious company records.
  • Hidden Payments — The records may explain financial dealings and missing payments.
  • Alarmed Retreat — The intrusion triggers alarms and forces an overnight hiding.
• Institutional Reckoning — Human Resources reveals legal and political consequences that destroy Javier's expectations.
  • Security Documents — Gesconar is linked to official national-security documents.
  • Carpark Evidence — Footage shows Javier ran over a man in the carpark.
• Unresolved Conspiracy — Javier loses his expected bonus while Omar's maneuver and Eduardo's violent plan leave the larger conspiracy unsettled.
  • Omar's Manipulation — Omar opposed Javier's nomination and manipulated his bonus.
  • Staged Death — Eduardo helps make a young man's death appear accidental.

Directed by

Lucas Figueroa

Key Cast

• Imanol Arias — Javier
• Hugo Silva — Sam
• Darío Grandinetti — Rubén
• Miguel Ángel Solá — Omar
• Luis Luque — Eduardo