Character Relationship Map: Watch Me When I Kill

Characters

• Pasquale Ferrante (played by Franco Citti) — supporting

  Pasquale Ferrante is an escaped murderer whom Lukas considers the most likely suspect in the series of killings. The suspicion arises because most of the victims were jurors at Ferrante's murder trial...

• Judge (played by Giuseppe Addobbati) — supporting

  The Judge confirms that Pasquale Ferrante was convicted and received a fifteen-year sentence. This establishes the punishment at the center of the investigation's initial suspicion, since Dezzan had s...

• Giovanni Bozzi (played by Fernando Cerulli) — supporting

  Giovanni Bozzi is one of the people found dead in the series of killings. The investigator follows clues into Bozzi's wartime past, asking two elderly sisters about parties, a woman who lived with him...

• Chemist's assistant (played by Gianfranco Bullo) — supporting
• Esmeralda Messori (played by Bianca Toccafondi) — supporting

  Esmeralda Messori is among the people found dead as the killings spread beyond the chemist. Her death becomes part of the investigator's search for a link among the victims. Later, while questioning t...

• Dezzan, the chemist (played by Giovanni Vannini) — minor

  Dezzan is a chemist who is murdered after finishing work at his pharmacy. He had served on the jury that sentenced Pasquale Ferrante, making Ferrante an early suspect. A ceramics dealer later recalls...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Chemist's assistant → Dezzan, the chemist (assistant)
• Judge → Pasquale Ferrante (Professional Sentencing Judge And Convict) — The Judge's confirmation establishes Ferrante's conviction and sentence as part of the investigation's early lead.

  The Judge confirms that Ferrante received a fifteen-year sentence.

Story Dynamics

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

• Giovanni Bozzi → Esmeralda Messori (Unknown Possible Wartime Connection) — The investigation explores whether Esmeralda was the woman connected to Bozzi's wartime past, but the account does not confirm it.

  Two elderly sisters recall a woman who lived with Giovanni Bozzi, and the investigator asks whether she was Esmeralda Messori. One sister rejects the...

• Dezzan, the chemist → Pasquale Ferrante (Conflict Trial Juror And Defendant) — Their connection through Ferrante's murder trial initially makes the escaped convict a suspect in Dezzan's killing.

  Dezzan served on the jury that sentenced Ferrante, who was convicted of murder and received a fifteen-year sentence.

Story Analysis

A series of murders redirects an investigation from an escaped convict toward unresolved wartime connections and clues whose meaning remains uncertain.

Plot Progression

1. A Killing After Closing — A woman discusses frightening letters as Dezzan finishes work at the pharmacy. Mara arrives asking for aspirin, and Dezzan is soon reported murdered.
2. The Jury Connection — More people connected to an earlier murder trial are found dead. The investigation considers escaped convict Ferrante because Dezzan served on his jury, but later sets him aside as the principal suspe...
3. A Secret in the Past — Peretti links Dezzan to wartime Germany and an escape from the Nazis, while refusing to explain more. The investigation shifts toward a dangerous and still-unclear past.
4. Sounds Without Answers — The investigator studies a recording containing a scream, a baby, shouting, rumbling, and a snarling dog. A woman becomes upset and leaves before its significance is established.
5. Bozzi's Uncertain History — Two elderly sisters recall wartime parties, a song, a woman who lived with Bozzi, and children. One rejects the suggestion that the woman was Esmeralda, leaving the trail unresolved.