Character Relationship Map: Acid

Characters

• Sasha (played by Philipp Avdeev) — protagonist

  Sasha is the emotionally unstable young man at the center of the story. He moves between Vasilisk, Petya, his mother, and Karina while behaving impulsively and struggling to communicate honestly. His...

• Petya (played by Aleksandr Kuznetsov) — supporting

  Petya is Sasha's friend and one of the few people who repeatedly tries to help him. He supports Sasha after the police-station incident and family conflict, but becomes frustrated by Sasha's refusal t...

• Karina (played by Arina Shevtsova) — supporting

  Karina is a fifteen-year-old girl whose involvement with Sasha becomes a major source of conflict. After Sasha shows her an explicit image, the incident provokes an angry confrontation with her stepfa...

• Vasilisk (played by Savva Savelyev) — supporting

  Vasilisk is a man Sasha meets in a bar, where their conversation quickly becomes personal and provocative. He speaks openly about relationships, sex, fear, and the difficulty of refusing other people....

• Petya's Mother (played by Elena Morozova) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Petya's Mother → Petya (mother)

Story Dynamics

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

• Sasha → Karina (Boundary Conflict) — Sasha's conduct creates a serious conflict involving Karina and the adults around her.

  Sasha's actions toward fifteen-year-old Karina become the subject of an angry family confrontation after he shows her an explicit image.

• Sasha → Vasilisk (Social Acquaintance) — Their bar conversation creates an intense but limited personal connection.

  Sasha meets Vasilisk in a bar, where they discuss relationships, sex, fear, and the difficulty of refusing other people.

• Sasha → Petya (Social Friend) — Their friendship is persistent but strained by Sasha's instability and emotional withdrawal.

  Petya repeatedly tries to help Sasha and insists that Sasha is his friend, even after their painful argument.

Story Analysis

A fragmented portrait of Sasha's unstable relationships, boundary failures, family tension, and uncertain possibility of renewal.

Plot Progression

1. A World Without Certainty — The film opens with panic, restraint, and arguments about whether people truly know Sasha. His unstable social world is defined by drinking, casual cruelty, loneliness, and uncertain friendships.
2. Provocation and Exposure — Sasha meets Vasilisk in a bar and is drawn into a personal conversation about fear, sex, and refusal. His interaction with Karina then produces a serious confrontation after he shows her an explicit i...
3. The Family Fault Line — After the confrontation, Sasha returns home and learns that his mother is pregnant. Their bitter discussion of the absent father, Sasha's childhood, and the unborn child deepens the family tension.
4. Friendship as Intervention — Petya tries to help Sasha after the police-station incident and the family conflict. Sasha feels abandoned, while Petya deletes Sasha's music projects and turns support into a painful rupture.
5. A Ritual Without Closure — The story shifts toward a religious ceremony and a question about baptism. The ending offers no clear repair, leaving damaged relationships alongside a faint possibility of renewal.