Character Relationship Map: Rita

Characters

• Rita (played by Giuliana Santa Cruz) — protagonist

  A thirteen-year-old girl who is placed in a state shelter after running away from home and being caught. She tries to understand and survive the institution, joins the other girls’ resistance, and con...

• Sulmy (played by Ángela Quevedo) — protagonist

  One of the girls Rita meets in the state shelter, where the girls resist their confinement together. During the group’s attempted escape, Sulmy is injured, adding to the danger faced by Rita and the o...

• Bebé (played by Alejandra Vázquez) — supporting

  A girl Rita meets after arriving at the state shelter. She is among the girls who resist the institution in small ways, joining the community of confined girls whose collective actions shape Rita’s ex...

• La Terca (played by Isabel Aldana) — supporting

  A girl at the shelter who objects when Rita is expected to serve as bait and potentially kill William, arguing against putting the girls in danger. During the escape, she urges the others to keep goin...

• William (played by Ernesto Molina Samperio) — supporting

  A man who has the catalogue that the Stars want Rita to steal. The girls’ plan involves using Rita as bait and possibly killing him if it goes wrong, but Rita refuses to murder anyone and only conside...

• Ernestina (played by Margarita Kénefic) — minor

  A social worker who speaks with Rita at the state shelter. Rita asks her whether she will be released, making Ernestina one of the people involved in Rita’s concerns about her confinement and what may...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Rita → Ernestina (Professional Social Worker And Ward) — Rita turns to Ernestina for information about whether she can leave the shelter.

  Rita speaks with Ernestina, identified in the plot as a social worker, and asks whether she will be released.

Story Dynamics

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

• Rita → William (Conflict Potential Adversaries) — Rita is drawn into a plan involving William and the catalogue, but rejects the possibility of killing him.

  The Stars want Rita to steal a catalogue from William and say she may have to kill him if things go wrong. Rita refuses to murder anyone.

• Rita → La Terca (Alliance Fellow Escapee) — La Terca challenges a risky plan and later presses the fleeing girls to continue their escape.

  La Terca objects to putting the girls in danger over the catalogue plan. During the escape, she urges the others onward even as she struggles to keep...

• Rita → Bebé (Social Shelter Acquaintances) — Bebé is among the girls Rita encounters as she adjusts to life in the institution; no more specific interaction is described.

  Rita meets Bebé after arriving at the shelter.

• Rita → Sulmy (Alliance Fellow Escapee) — Their connection shifts from meeting at the shelter to sharing the dangerous escape attempt.

  Rita meets Sulmy at the shelter. During the escape, Sulmy is injured while the girls are fleeing together.

Story Analysis

A young girl seeks hope and escape while navigating institutional confinement, resistance, and an unresolved flight to freedom.

Plot Progression

1. From Flight to Confinement — Rita recalls the hope she drew from fairy tales before running away and being placed in a state shelter. She encounters the institution's harsh routines and meets girls who resist in small ways.
2. Punishment and Private Fears — The girls protest after being locked in, and staff retaliate by forcing them to clean the corridors. Rita seeks information about release and worries about her younger sister.
3. The Catalogue and Its Cost — Rita learns that the shelter's supposed mystical costumes are to be catalogued and sold. The proposed theft involves using her as bait, but she refuses to kill William, while La Terca objects to putti...
4. Escape Without Resolution — The girls attempt to escape, Sulmy is injured, and police pursue them. Some are returned to confinement, while the surviving escapees end up hidden on a bus, facing heat and thirst with their fate unr...