Character Relationship Map: Horizontal/Vertical

Characters

• Un visitante inesperado (played by Mike Amigorena) — protagonist
• Albita (played by Rita Cortese) — protagonist
• Rolando (played by Ulises Dumont) — supporting
• Policía (played by Darío Grandinetti) — supporting
• Ana (played by Romina Yan) — supporting
• Ernesto (played by Fernán Mirás) — supporting
• Guadalupe (played by María Onetto) — supporting
• Vicente (played by Marcelo Mazzarello) — supporting
• Néstor (played by Juan Palomino) — supporting
• Lucila (played by Martina Juncadella) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Guadalupe → Albita (Professional Mentor) — Guadalupe mentors Albita
• Rolando → Policía (Power Authority Figure) — Rolando interacts with the police officer
• Ernesto → Guadalupe (Professional Partner) — Ernesto works with Guadalupe
• Ana → Ernesto (Family Sibling) — Ana and Ernesto are siblings
• Un visitante inesperado → Ana (Romantic Interest) — Unexpected visitor develops romantic connection with Ana

Story Dynamics

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

• Ernesto → Néstor (Conflict Rival) — Ernesto competes with Néstor
• Ana → Lucila (Social Confidante) — Ana shares secrets with Lucila
• Un visitante inesperado → Vicente (Alliance Ally) — Unexpected visitor allies with Vicente
• Lucila → Albita (Social Friend) — Lucila and Albita are friends
• Vicente → Néstor (Conflict Rival) — Vicente and Néstor have a competitive relationship

Story Analysis

The film explores an unstable universe where temporal order reverses and witnessing change permanently transforms the characters.

Plot Progression

1. Windows Onto Change — The story establishes an unknown city and a building whose windows reveal the moment when circumstances change. Observation becomes the narrative viewpoint.
2. Time Loses Direction — The boundary between before and after begins to dissolve. Events no longer follow an ordinary temporal order.
3. A Double Reality — The universe appears identical and different simultaneously. This unstable condition changes the characters’ experience of reality.
4. Nothing Returns — The transformed order of events produces irreversible consequences. The characters are changed permanently by what they have witnessed.