Character Relationship Map: Inferno

Characters

• Mare (played by Marko Mandić) — protagonist

  Mare is a factory worker and the central figure in a financially desperate young family with two children. Each week he donates blood in exchange for half a sausage. As the family's hardship deepens,...

• Sonja (played by Medea Novak) — protagonist

  Sonja is the mother in the young family struggling with financial hardship, and she is Mare's wife. Her desperation culminates in self-immolation, one of the story's central tragedies. Afterward, the...

• Direktor (played by Jernej Šugman) — supporting
• Jana (played by Jana Zupančič) — supporting
• Marko (played by Marko Bukvić) — supporting

  Marko is one of the two children in Mare and Sonja's financially struggling young family. The plot summary says that the children are sent into foster care as the family's situation deteriorates, foll...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Mare → Jana (Professional Patient And Nurse) — The film places them within the medical crisis surrounding the kidney operation.

  Jana is listed as a medical nurse, and the plot includes an attempted kidney operation in exchange for money.

• Mare → Direktor (Professional Workplace Counterpart) — Their roles place them on opposite sides of the workplace hierarchy.

  Mare is described as a factory worker, while Direktor is identified as the director whose decisions contribute to the film's social conflict.

• Mare → Sonja (Family Spouses) — They form the central family unit facing severe financial hardship.

  The plot describes Mare as the father and Sonja as the mother in a young family with two children.

• Sonja → Marko (Family Mother) — Sonja is Marko's mother.

  The story identifies Sonja as the mother and Marko as one of the children.

• Mare → Marko (Family Father) — Mare is Marko's father.

  The story identifies Mare as the father and lists Marko as his son.

Story Analysis

A financially devastated family descends through social despair, bodily exploitation, violence, and irreversible loss.

Plot Progression

1. Poverty Takes Hold — Mare's young family is trapped in financial hardship. His weekly blood donations, exchanged for half a sausage, establish the depth of deprivation.
2. A Family Burns — The family's suffering escalates into self-immolation and the appearance of a charred corpse. The children are subsequently sent into foster care.
3. Violence Without Escape — Mare kills someone with a granite block as the film's physical violence intensifies. A traffic accident also kills a forcibly intoxicated unionist.
4. The Failed Bargain — Mare undergoes an attempted kidney sale for money. The buyer rejects the kidney after a genetic defect is discovered, leaving the crisis unresolved.