Character Relationship Map: Broken Mirrors

Characters

• Diane (played by Lineke Rijxman) — protagonist

  Central female figure in the film's parallel kidnapping-and-torture storyline; her captivity is juxtaposed with the brothel scenes and she is one of the main anchors of the film's exploration of male...

• Dora (played by Henriëtte Tol) — protagonist

  One of the principal prostitutes working at the brothel; part of the main group of women whose daily experiences are followed throughout the film.

• Bea (played by Edda Barends) — supporting

  A prostitute at the brothel and a member of the central female ensemble whose interactions and working life form the brothel storyline.

• Ellen (played by Coby Stunnenberg) — supporting

  One of the prostitutes in the brothel; part of the group of women shown living and working together in the film's main ensemble storyline.

• Irma (played by Carla Hardy) — supporting

  A prostitute at the brothel featured among the principal group of women in the film's ensemble storyline.

• Francine (played by Marijke Veugelers) — supporting

  One of the prostitutes in the brothel; part of the group of women whose lives and work are depicted in the ensemble narrative.

• Tessa (played by Arline Renfurm) — supporting

  A prostitute in the brothel and member of the ensemble of women central to the story's exploration of their working lives.

• Linda (played by Anke Van't Hof) — supporting

  One of the prostitutes at the brothel, appearing as part of the group of women whose collective story the film follows.

• Jacky (played by Hedda Oledzky) — supporting

  A prostitute working in the brothel, part of the broader group of women shown in the ensemble storyline.

• Maria (played by Elja Pelgrom) — supporting

  One of the prostitutes in the brothel, appearing within the ensemble of women whose circumstances the film portrays.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Dora → Bea (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Maria (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Jacky (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Linda (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Tessa (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Francine (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Irma (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Ellen (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Bea (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel
• Diane → Dora (Professional Colleagues) — Work together in the brothel

Story Analysis

The film juxtaposes the lives of prostitutes in a brothel with a man's kidnapping and torture of women to explore women's oppression.

Plot Progression

1. Life Inside the Brothel — The film follows a group of prostitutes living in a brothel. Their story forms one side of its exploration of women's oppression.
2. The Kidnapper's Violence — A parallel story concerns a man who kidnaps women and tortures them. The available plot reference gives no further event details.
3. Stories in Juxtaposition — The film places the brothel residents' story alongside the kidnapper's crimes. Together, these strands frame its exploration of oppression of women.