Character Relationship Map: Tungsten

Characters

• Bus Jumper (played by Omiros Poulakis) — protagonist
• Job Candidate (played by Prometheus Aleifer) — protagonist
• Ticket Collector (played by Vangelis Mourikis) — supporting
• Interviewer (played by Tasos Nousias) — supporting
• Interviewer's Girlfriend (played by Kora Karvouni) — supporting
• Job Candidate's Sister (played by Marilena Savvakou) — minor
• Roommate (played by Lida Sivissidi) — minor
• Ticket Collector's Wife (played by Aggeliki Anagnostopoulou) — minor
• Ticket Collector's Brother (played by Yorgos Roussakis) — minor
• Florist (played by Anna Marangaki) — cameo

Key Relationships

• Ticket Collector's Brother → Ticket Collector (brother)
• Ticket Collector's Wife → Ticket Collector (wife)
• Job Candidate's Sister → Job Candidate (sister)
• Bus Jumper → Florist (Unknown Strangers)
• Job Candidate → Roommate (Social Roommates)
• Job Candidate → Interviewer (Professional Rivals)
• Interviewer → Interviewer's Girlfriend (Romantic Partners)
• Ticket Collector → Ticket Collector's Brother (Family Siblings)
• Ticket Collector → Ticket Collector's Wife (Family Spouses)
• Job Candidate → Job Candidate's Sister (Family Siblings)

Story Analysis

A Greek black-and-white film using tungsten's physical properties as a metaphor for human vulnerability to violence.

Plot Progression

1. Cinematic Premise
2. Metallurgical Metaphor
3. Human Conductivity
4. Thematic Resolution