Character Relationship Map: Qui Vive

Characters

• Simon (played by Peter Oosthoek) — supporting

  Simon is Lea's father and Ada's husband. He wants Lea's wedding to Nico to be held on the family estate, though memories of the Holocaust overshadow the occasion. Twelve years later, he is revealed to...

• Lea (played by Catherine ten Bruggencate) — supporting

  Lea is the daughter of Ada and Simon, a Jewish family that survived Auschwitz. In the first story, she prepares to marry Nico at her parents' estate, where the wedding is weighed down by the family's...

• Zwart (played by Rijk de Gooyer) — supporting

  Zwart is Nico's father. In the years after the wedding, he increasingly isolates himself from the world and repeatedly reads the camp letters written by his first wife. His withdrawal and attachment t...

• Nico (played by Pierre Bokma) — supporting

  Nico is a doctor who marries Lea and is the son of Zwart. Twelve years later, he is in crisis, resigns as a hospital director, and retreats to the farm where he hid during the war. His first wife, Dor...

• Hans (played by Edwin de Vries) — supporting

  Hans is Nico's best friend. In the later story, he is married to Pien and has fathered seven children, but he eventually flees the marriage. His family life and departure form one of the changes revea...

• Dory (played by Marjon Brandsma) — supporting

  Dory is Nico's first wife. Twelve years after Lea and Nico's wedding, she is pregnant, and Simon, Lea's father, is the father of her child. Her pregnancy connects the later family story to both Nico's...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Nico → Zwart (Family Father And Son) — Zwart is Nico's father. The reference separately notes that Zwart increasingly isolates himself and rereads letters from his first wife.

  The plot reference identifies Zwart as Nico's father.

• Nico → Dory (Family Former Spouses) — Dory was Nico's first wife. The reference does not specify when or how their marriage ended.

  The plot reference describes Dory as Nico's first wife.

• Simon → Lea (Family Father) — Simon is Lea's father; no further details about their interaction are provided.

  The plot reference identifies Simon as Lea's father.

• Simon → Dory (Family Father Of Her Child) — Simon fathered the child Dory is carrying.

  The plot reference says Dory is pregnant and that Simon is the father of the child.

Story Dynamics

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

• Nico → Hans (Social Best Friends) — Hans is Nico's best friend; no specific interaction between them is described.

  The plot reference explicitly calls Hans Nico's best friend.

Story Analysis

Twelve years later, the film revisits familiar characters facing pregnancy, personal crisis, marital flight, and isolation.

Plot Progression

1. Lives Revisited — Twelve years after Leedvermaak, the film returns to its familiar characters. Lea's first husband makes a sequel to the wedding film, presenting how they have fared.
2. A Complicated Pregnancy — Dory is pregnant, and Simon is the child's father. The reference gives this development without describing the characters' responses.
3. Nico's Retreat — Nico falls into crisis and decides to resign as hospital director. He retreats to the farm where he hid during the war.
4. Separate Withdrawals — Hans flees his marriage after fathering seven children. Zwart increasingly isolates himself and rereads letters from his first wife.