Character Relationship Map: Trespass

Characters

• Kyle Miller (played by Nicolas Cage) — protagonist

  Kyle Miller is Sarah Miller's husband and Avery Miller's father, a diamond merchant whose financial situation is far less secure than his mansion suggests. He tries to protect his family during the in...

• Sarah Miller (played by Nicole Kidman) — protagonist

  Sarah Miller is Kyle Miller's wife and Avery Miller's mother. She is threatened during the robbery when Elias Collins takes her necklace, later escapes with Kyle, and is targeted by Jonah Collins beca...

• Elias Collins (played by Ben Mendelsohn) — supporting

  Elias Collins leads the robbery with Petal, Jonah Collins, and Ty, acting under pressure from a crime syndicate after drugs were stolen from him. He injures Kyle Miller, threatens the family, and trie...

• Avery Miller (played by Liana Liberato) — supporting

  Avery Miller is Kyle Miller and Sarah Miller's daughter. After returning from a party where Jake harassed her, she is captured during the home invasion. She helps protect Kyle by proposing a theft fro...

• Jonah Collins (played by Cam Gigandet) — supporting

  Jonah Collins is Elias Collins's younger brother and a former security technician who installed the Miller home's system. Off his medication and mentally ill, he becomes fixated on Sarah Miller and ma...

• Petal (played by Jordana Spiro) — supporting

  Petal is Elias Collins's girlfriend and one of the robbers invading the Miller home. She supervises Avery Miller during the planned theft from Jake's house, but her drug use leads her to propose massa...

• Security Guard (played by Dave Maldonado) — minor

  The Security Guard responds to the alarm at the Miller mansion after Avery Miller speaks with the Security Operator. He recognizes Jonah Collins as a former employee, exposing Jonah's connection to th...

• Jake (played by Nico Tortorella) — supporting

  Jake hosts the party attended by Avery Miller and is the person who harasses her there, prompting her to return home. Avery later claims she can seduce Jake and steal money from the safe in his house,...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Elias Collins → Avery Miller (Power Captive Controller) — Elias exercises coercive control over Avery during the invasion.

  After Avery is captured, Elias forces her to cancel the police response and later sends Petal with her to rob Jake's house.

• Elias Collins → Petal (Romantic Partners) — Elias and Petal are criminal partners and romantic partners.

  The robbers are introduced as including Elias and his girlfriend Petal. They previously experienced the drug theft together.

• Elias Collins → Jonah Collins (Family Brothers) — Their brotherhood drives both cooperation and Elias's protective actions.

  The plot explicitly identifies Jonah as Elias's younger brother. Elias also kills the large robber to defend Jonah during the mansion confrontation.

• Sarah Miller → Avery Miller (Family Mother) — Sarah is Avery's mother and remains part of the family survival unit.

  Sarah and Avery are presented as members of the Miller family, and Avery returns to her parents after calling the police.

• Kyle Miller → Avery Miller (Family Father) — Kyle protects Avery as his daughter during the hostage crisis.

  Avery is Kyle's daughter, and Kyle attempts to escape with her before later risking his life so she and Sarah can survive.

• Kyle Miller → Sarah Miller (Family Spouse) — A married couple whose commitment survives financial betrayal and physical danger.

  The plot identifies Kyle and Sarah as the parents of Avery and shows them protecting each other throughout the invasion. Sarah refuses Kyle's request...

Story Dynamics

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

• Kyle Miller → Jonah Collins (Conflict Final Opponents) — Kyle ultimately confronts and kills Jonah to save Sarah.

  Kyle shoots Jonah's foot with a nail gun to trap him in the shed and later shoots Jonah dead when Jonah grabs Sarah in the fire.

• Jonah Collins → Security Guard (Conflict Killer And Witness) — The guard's recognition threatens Jonah's concealment and leads to his murder.

  The security guard recognizes Jonah as a former employee, and Jonah kills him after the guard arrives at the mansion.

• Jonah Collins → Sarah Miller (Unknown Obsessive Fixation) — Jonah's delusional romantic fixation makes Sarah a personal target.

  Jonah believes he and Sarah had an affair when he installed the house's security system and later tries to die with her in the burning shed.

• Avery Miller → Jake (Social Party Acquaintances) — Their hostile party connection becomes part of Avery's forced escape strategy.

  Avery attends Jake's party, where he harasses her. She later plans to seduce him to access money in his house.

• Petal → Avery Miller (Conflict Coercive Escort) — Petal becomes Avery's immediate physical threat during the second robbery plan.

  Petal supervises Avery on the drive to Jake's party and reveals a plan to massacre everyone, including Avery, before Avery crashes the car and handcuf...

• Elias Collins → Sarah Miller (Conflict Hostage Taker) — Elias treats Sarah as a hostage and a source of financial leverage.

  Elias takes Sarah's necklace and later aims his gun at Sarah during the final confrontation.

• Kyle Miller → Elias Collins (Conflict Hostage Takers) — Their direct struggle forms the central hostage conflict.

  Elias leads the invasion of the Miller mansion, breaks Kyle's hand, shoots him in the leg, and later threatens to kill him for his life insurance.

Story Analysis

A financially desperate family fights criminal invaders while hidden secrets turn a robbery into a deadly struggle for survival.

Plot Progression

1. A Home Under Siege — The Miller family is introduced before Avery leaves Jake's party after being harassed. Robbers posing as police invade the mansion and take the family hostage.
2. Nothing Left to Take — The robbers discover that the Millers are nearly bankrupt and that Sarah's necklace is fake. Kyle and Avery attempt to escape, but the security system and Elias's violence intensify the siege.
3. A Dangerous New Plan — Elias reveals the debt behind the robbery and uses Avery to cancel the police response. When Kyle's life insurance becomes the target, Avery offers Jake's party as a possible source of money.
4. Escape Through Fire — Avery discovers Petal's plan to massacre the party and crashes the car to escape. Back at the mansion, Jonah's delusion about Sarah and the robbers' internal violence become exposed.
5. The Family Survives — Hidden money is revealed in the tool shed, triggering the final confrontation. Elias and Jonah die, while Sarah saves Kyle and the family reunites after calling the police.