Character Relationship Map: The Influence

Characters

• Alicia (played by Manuela Vellés) — protagonist

  She returns reluctantly to her childhood home with her husband and daughter to help care for her terminally ill mother. She supports her sister and takes nearby work, but becomes increasingly alarmed...

• Sara (played by Maggie Civantos) — protagonist

  She is closely involved in caring for her dying mother and helps Alicia confront the disturbing events affecting the family. She suspects that the medallion and her mother's possessions were used to c...

• Victoria (played by Emma Suárez) — supporting

  She is Alicia and Sara's terminally ill mother, who refuses hospitalization and insists on dying at home. Despite her failing condition, she appears to exert a frightening influence over the child, vi...

• Mikel (played by Alain Hernández) — supporting

  He is Alicia's husband and the child's father. He searches for work and accepts a temporary job repairing lighting at the child's school. He becomes involved in protecting the family when the dying wo...

• Tío Pedro (played by Felipe García Vélez) — supporting
• Nora (played by Claudia Placer) — supporting

  She is Alicia and Mikel's daughter and is named the universal heir in the will. She becomes fascinated by the dying woman's possessions, mirrors, and medallion, then displays increasingly alarming beh...

• Notario (played by David Luque) — supporting

  He arrives at the house to read the will. During the reading, the family learns that the child has been named the universal heir.

• Fran (played by Carles Cuevas) — minor
• Ana (played by Marta Castellote) — minor

  She helps care for the terminally ill woman by tending to her catheter and bedsores.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Notario → Victoria (Professional Estate Official) — Notario administers the formal reading of Victoria's will.

  Notario arrives to read Victoria's will to the invited family members.

• Ana → Victoria (Professional Nursing Caregiver) — Ana provides direct physical care to Victoria.

  Ana tends to Victoria's catheter and bedsores as the family manages her home care.

• Victoria → Sara (Family Mother) — Victoria's relationship with Sara is central to the family's inherited trauma.

  Victoria is the mother of the sisters, and Sara remains involved in caring for her.

• Victoria → Alicia (Family Mother) — Victoria is Alicia's mother, and their relationship is shaped by illness, guilt, and control.

  Alicia returns to care for her terminally ill mother, Victoria.

• Mikel → Nora (Family Father) — Mikel is Nora's father and becomes involved when Victoria threatens him over Nora.

  Nora is introduced as Alicia and Mikel's daughter.

• Alicia → Nora (Family Mother) — Alicia is Nora's mother and tries to protect her from Victoria's influence.

  Alicia returns with Mikel and their daughter, Nora, and repeatedly intervenes when Nora is endangered.

• Alicia → Mikel (Romantic Husband) — Alicia and Mikel are married and face the family crisis together.

  Alicia returns to her childhood home with her husband, Mikel, and their daughter, Nora.

• Alicia → Sara (Family Sisters) — The sisters cooperate in the crisis but remember Victoria's past differently.

  Alicia says she returned mainly to support Sara, while Sara reminds Alicia of their shared childhood trauma.

• Victoria → Nora (Family Grandmother) — Victoria's bond with Nora becomes the film's most threatening family connection.

  Victoria leaves her estate to Nora, and Nora becomes fascinated by Victoria's possessions while Victoria demands that Nora be returned to her.

Story Dynamics

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

• Fran → Alicia (Social Childhood Acquaintance) — Fran is connected to Alicia and Sara through a disturbing childhood memory.

  Sara recalls that Fran once stayed over during the sisters' childhood.

• Tío Pedro → Victoria (Social Family Witness) — Tío Pedro is part of the family circle witnessing Victoria's inheritance decision.

  Tío Pedro is invited to the reading of Victoria's will.

Story Analysis

A family caring for a dying matriarch confronts inherited guilt and the possibility that her influence is transforming a child.

Plot Progression

1. A Housebound Inheritance — Alicia returns with Mikel and Nora to care for the terminally ill Victoria. Victoria refuses hospitalization, forcing the family to manage her care at home.
2. The Child Who Inherits — Notario reads the will and reveals that Nora is the universal heir. Nora then becomes drawn to Victoria's possessions, mirrors, and medallion.
3. Signs of Possession — Mikel begins work at Nora's school while Nora experiences bullying and meets Luna. Her disappearance, proximity to a damaged dog, and unexpected appearance at school make the family increasingly afrai...
4. The Mother's Command — Victoria demands that Nora be returned and threatens Mikel if Nora speaks about what happened. The family realizes that Nora's behavior cannot be dismissed as ordinary misbehavior.
5. Guilt Beneath the House — Sara and Alicia revisit a childhood incident involving Fran, Victoria, and their grandfather's fatal fall in the basement. The story ends with the family trapped between guilt, supernatural influence,...