Character Relationship Map: Deadly Still

Characters

• Irina (played by Irina Temicheva) — protagonist
• Ilya (played by Stepan Yurpalov) — supporting
• Alyona (played by Anastasiya Ukolova) — supporting
• Arman / Nick (played by Sanzhar Madi) — supporting
• Gagik (played by Garik Petrosyan) — supporting
• Pavel Andreevich Golunov (played by Nikolay Kozak) — supporting
• Vera (played by Sofya Zaika) — supporting

Story Dynamics

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

• Pavel Andreevich Golunov → Arman / Nick (Conflict Confrontational Interrogator) — Pavel directly addresses Nick during the unsettling revelation, but the available dialogue ends before their confrontation is resolved.

  Pavel reveals himself to the group and asks Nick whether he loves his country.

• Gagik → Vera (Social Traveling Friend) — Gagik and Vera travel with the same group before Gagik dies during the ordeal.

  Gagik and Vera are both named among Nick's friends traveling toward the remote house.

• Alyona → Vera (Social Traveling Friend) — Alyona and Vera share the journey and the group's growing danger at the house.

  Alyona and Vera are both named among Nick's friends traveling toward the remote house.

• Alyona → Gagik (Social Traveling Friend) — Alyona and Gagik travel with the same group before Gagik's death heightens their fear.

  Alyona and Gagik are both named among Nick's friends traveling toward the remote house.

• Ilya → Vera (Social Traveling Friend) — Ilya and Vera are part of the group that becomes stranded and faces danger at the house.

  Ilya and Vera are both named among Nick's friends traveling toward the remote house.

• Ilya → Gagik (Social Traveling Friend) — Ilya and Gagik travel with the same group before Gagik dies during the ordeal.

  Ilya and Gagik are both named among Nick's friends traveling toward the remote house.

• Ilya → Alyona (Social Traveling Friend) — Ilya and Alyona belong to the same traveling group stranded after the crash.

  Ilya and Alyona are both named among Nick's friends traveling toward the remote house.

• Arman / Nick → Vera (Social Traveling Friend) — Nick and Vera travel together with the group and face the threats surrounding the house.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Vera.

• Arman / Nick → Gagik (Social Traveling Friend) — Nick and Gagik travel with the same group, whose situation becomes more frightening after Gagik's death.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Gagik; Gagik later dies during the ordeal.

• Arman / Nick → Alyona (Social Traveling Friend) — Nick and Alyona are among the friends stranded together after the crash.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Alyona.

• Arman / Nick → Ilya (Social Traveling Friend) — Nick and Ilya travel together with the group and become caught in the crisis after the car crash.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Ilya.

• Irina → Vera (Social Traveling Friend) — Irina and Vera travel as part of the same group and encounter the dangers surrounding the house.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Vera and Irina.

• Irina → Gagik (Social Traveling Friend) — Irina and Gagik are among the friends who travel together before Gagik dies during the ordeal.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Gagik and Irina.

• Irina → Alyona (Social Traveling Friend) — Irina and Alyona travel with the same group and face the ensuing danger at the house.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Alyona and Irina.

• Irina → Ilya (Social Traveling Friend) — Irina and Ilya are part of the same group traveling to the remote house.

  Nick travels toward the remote house with his friends, including Ilya and Irina.

Story Analysis

A group stranded at a remote house confronts a camera seemingly tied to future images and unexplained deaths, while its owner reveals a disturbing connection to Irina.

Plot Progression

1. The Camera's Unsettling Promise — Michael Stern demonstrates a camera experiment that appears to show objects in positions they occupy only after being rearranged. A skeptical scientist tries to expose the trick, but the audience rema...
2. Stranded at the House — Nick and his friends drive toward a remote house and crash during a snowstorm. Injured and cut off from phone service and heat, they take shelter and find photographs connected to dead people and thei...
3. Fear Behind the Photographs — The friends debate whether the dangers are accidents or deliberate, while threats in the forest force them back to the house. Gagik dies, and the group becomes increasingly convinced that the camera m...
4. The Photographer Revealed — After another photograph is taken during the night, Nick is found dead and the others notice his injured legs seem recovered. Pavel identifies himself as the camera's owner, explains his beliefs about...