Character Relationship Map: Infinity Pool

Characters

• James Foster (played by Alexander Skarsgård) — protagonist

  Protagonist and a bestselling writer who, alongside his wife, experiences a transformative descent into hedonism and moral decay after triggering the island's lethal clone-replacement policy.

• Gabi Bauer (played by Mia Goth) — protagonist

  A seductive and provocative local woman who acts as a catalyst, introducing the protagonists to the island's violent, hedonistic underbelly and the infinity pool system.

• Em Foster (played by Cleopatra Coleman) — supporting

  An artist and James’s wife who gradually abandons her initial moral reservations to fully embrace the island’s culture of clone indulgence and psychological experimentation.

• Alban Bauer (played by Jalil Lespert) — supporting

  Gabi’s wealthy husband and a local resident who understands and facilitates the island’s clone system, serving as a pragmatic link between the tourists and the local authorities.

• State Police Officer (played by Alan Katić) — minor
• Myro Myron's Daughter (played by Lena Juka Stambuk) — minor
• Myro Myron's Son (played by Kristóf Kovács) — minor
• Myro Myron's Wife (played by Kamilla Fátyol) — minor
• Head Nurse (played by Katalin Lábán) — minor
• Resort Cop (played by Amar Bukvić) — minor
• Owner (played by Gergely Trócsányi) — cameo

Canonical Relationships

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

• Myro Myron's Son → Myro Myron's Wife (son)
• Myro Myron's Wife → Myro Myron's Daughter (wife)
• James Foster → Head Nurse (Professional Medical Process Subject) — James is a subject of the institutional procedure that creates the duplicate killed in his place.

  The plot describes James being copied through the resort's clone-replacement procedure and losing consciousness during the process.

• Resort Cop → James Foster (Professional Interrogator) — The resort detective is used as the apparent identity of a clone in the group's psychological torture.

  James is later tricked into brutalizing a duplicate he believes is the detective who initially arrested him; the group pays the detective to provide t...

• State Police Officer → James Foster (Professional Arresting Officer) — The state police place James into the legal process that leads to his clone replacement.

  The plot states that James is arrested the day after the fatal accident and is processed under Li Tolqa's justice system.

• James Foster → Gabi Bauer (Romantic Sexual Manipulator) — Their sexualized interaction becomes a tool of coercion, fascination, and psychological control.

  At the beach, Gabi unexpectedly gives James a handjob, which he enjoys. She later uses sexualized behavior to manipulate him and consoles him with a b...

• Gabi Bauer → Alban Bauer (Family Wife) — They operate together as a wealthy couple who draw tourists into the resort's violent subculture.

  Gabi appears throughout the plot with her husband Alban, and the couple hosts James and Em.

• James Foster → Em Foster (Family Husband) — Their marriage is strained by James's moral collapse and later partially repaired by a phone conversation.

  The plot identifies James and Em as a married couple traveling together to the Li Tolqa resort.

Story Dynamics

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

• Alban Bauer → Owner (Conflict Robbery Adversary) — Alban is aligned with the group responsible for the armed intrusion.

  Alban is identified as part of the couple introducing James to the criminal tourist group, which mounts the robbery at the owner's home.

• Gabi Bauer → Owner (Conflict Robbery Adversary) — Gabi participates in an attack that converts the group's fantasies into real violence.

  Gabi is part of the tourist group that mounts the robbery at the resort owner's home.

• James Foster → Owner (Conflict Robbery Opponent) — The owner becomes the target of the tourists' armed criminal performance.

  James joins the tourist group's robbery at the resort owner's home, and the robbery turns into a shootout.

• Em Foster → Gabi Bauer (Social Distrustful Acquaintance) — Their temporary social connection deteriorates as Gabi's influence over James becomes clear.

  Em initially spends time with Gabi but becomes horrified by the clone execution and leaves the country in disgust after James's behavior worsens.

• James Foster → Alban Bauer (Alliance Facilitator) — Alban serves as part of the social gateway that brings James into the criminal tourist circle.

  Alban joins Gabi in hosting James and Em, and the couple introduces James to the group of Western tourists involved in the clone executions.

Story Analysis

A struggling writer descends into a resort culture where wealth, cloning, and violence erase personal responsibility.

Plot Progression

1. A Holiday Beyond the Gates — James and Em arrive at the Li Tolqa resort and meet Gabi and Alban. The couples' excursion beyond the permitted tourist grounds ends with James accidentally killing a local man.
2. The Price of Being Spared — James is arrested and learns that foreign criminals can pay to have exact duplicates executed in their place. He watches his duplicate die and begins choosing the resort's violent spectacle over Em's...
3. Tourism as Cruelty — Gabi and Alban introduce James to tourists who repeatedly arrange clone executions. A robbery, a shootout, and a mass execution turn criminal behavior into a shared ritual.
4. The Manufactured Monster — The group pushes James into intoxication, violence, sexual excess, and a staged assault on a supposed detective. Em leaves him, while James gradually recognizes that the group is deliberately transfor...
5. Rain After the Ritual — Gabi shoots James when he tries to escape, and a farm family helps him recover. After he kills the duplicate called the dog, James misses his flight and returns alone to the abandoned resort.