Character Relationship Map: When Evil Lurks

Characters

• Pedro (played by Ezequiel Rodríguez) — protagonist

  A farmer and family patriarch who discovers a murdered Cleaner and the possessed Uriel. He participates in transporting Uriel, reunites with his family, and partners with Mirtha to hunt Uriel. After b...

• Mirtha (played by Silvina Sabater) — supporting

  A former professional Cleaner and Jaime's city acquaintance. She provides critical knowledge about the demon's transmission and the exorcism ritual. She hosts the family, alerts them to Jair's conditi...

• Santino (played by Marcelo Michinaux) — supporting

  Pedro and Sabrina's young son. He is picked up by his father Pedro but is subsequently kidnapped by his possessed mother Sabrina, who kills and eats him after Jaime pursues them.

• Eduardo (played by Ricardo Velázquez) — minor

  A secondary figure connected to the rural community threatened by an unknown evil.

• Sabrina (played by Virginia Garófalo) — supporting

  Pedro's ex-wife and Leonardo's current partner. Her daughter Vicky becomes possessed, leading to Vicky's death at Leonardo's hands. After reuniting, she kidnaps her son Santino, kills him, and is even...

• Leo (played by Federico Liss) — minor

  A peripheral community member caught within the film's rapidly deteriorating supernatural situation.

• Jair (played by Emilio Vodanovich) — supporting

  Pedro and Sabrina's autistic son. He initially displays subtle possession symptoms dismissed as autism. After his mother's death, he becomes fully possessed, regains his ability to walk and speak clea...

• Sara (played by Paula Rubinsztein) — supporting

  Pedro and Jaime's elderly mother. She is gathered by Jaime to flee town but stays behind to watch Jair. She is implied to be killed and consumed by the demon after Jair's possession fully manifests.

• Vicky (played by Lucrecia Niron Talazac) — supporting

  Sabrina and Leonardo's young daughter. After a dog possessing the demon licks Pedro's clothes attacks her, Leonardo shoots the dog. Vicky later becomes fully possessed, dances gleefully, and is killed...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Sara → Jair (Family Caretaker) — Sara assumes responsibility for Jair during the separation.

  Sara stays behind to wait with Jair while the others pursue the immediate threat.

• Mirtha → Jair (Professional Specialist Observer) — Mirtha recognizes the danger that Jair's family cannot yet accept.

  Mirtha warns that Jair is showing signs of possession, although the symptoms are initially dismissed as autism.

• Santino → Vicky (Family Maternal Half Siblings) — Their shared maternal family connects two attacked households.

  Santino and Vicky share Sabrina as their mother, while Vicky is identified as Leo's daughter.

• Santino → Jair (Family Brothers) — They are brothers separated by the escalating possession crisis.

  The plot describes Santino and Jair as Pedro and Sabrina's two sons.

• Leo → Vicky (Family Father) — Leo's paternal role ends in a horrifying act of violence.

  Vicky is identified as Leo and Sabrina's daughter.

• Sabrina → Leo (Romantic Partners) — Their household becomes a major site of supernatural violence.

  Sabrina lives with Leo, described in the plot as her new husband.

• Sabrina → Vicky (Family Mother) — Their family relationship is caught in the chain of possession.

  Vicky is identified as Sabrina's daughter, and both are present in the household before the attack.

• Pedro → Sara (Family Son) — Pedro is Sara's adult son and later returns home with her family.

  Pedro and his brother collect their mother Sara before leaving town.

• Pedro → Sabrina (Romantic Former Spouses) — Their former marriage remains central to the family crisis.

  The plot identifies Sabrina as Pedro's ex-wife. Pedro goes to her home to collect their children.

• Sabrina → Jair (Family Mother) — Sabrina is part of Jair's immediate family before the outbreak destroys it.

  Sabrina is the mother of Pedro's two sons, Santino and Jair, according to the family evacuation sequence.

• Sabrina → Santino (Family Mother) — Their maternal bond is violently corrupted by possession.

  Sabrina kidnaps Santino after the family meets Mirtha and later kills and eats him.

• Pedro → Jair (Family Father) — Pedro's paternal concern becomes tragic when Jair's possession is revealed.

  Pedro identifies Jair as one of his sons and later feeds him ice cream at home.

Story Dynamics

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

• Pedro → Eduardo (Social Temporary Protector) — Pedro briefly offers Eduardo shelter under strict conditions.

  Eduardo comes to Pedro's door asking to stay the night, and Pedro allows him to sleep in the shed after surrendering his pistol.

• Pedro → Mirtha (Alliance Expedition Partners) — They form the main investigative and rescue partnership.

  Pedro and Mirtha use her truck to search for the possessed man at the schoolhouse.

• Pedro → Leo (Conflict Opponents) — Their opposing responses to the outbreak place them in direct conflict.

  Pedro warns against the danger surrounding the possessed dog, while Leo shoots it and later attacks the fleeing family with his truck.

Story Analysis

A failed attempt to contain supernatural possession destroys a family and reveals that the evil has reached the protagonists' home.

Plot Progression

1. The Contagion Is Ignored — Pedro discovers a mutilated corpse and encounters a hidden family connected to a supernatural possession. The authorities refuse responsibility, and the attempt to remove the danger only allows it to...
2. Violence Enters the Home — A possessed goat exposes the consequences of mishandling the outbreak, followed by the destruction of a rural household. Eduardo then seeks shelter from Pedro under suspicious conditions.
3. A Family Flees — Pedro gathers his children and mother while possession reaches Sabrina and Leo's household. The dog attack and truck assault demonstrate that ordinary attempts at protection cannot contain the threat.
4. The Ritual Mission — Mirtha provides knowledge about the possession and identifies warning signs in Jair. As Sabrina kills Santino, Pedro and Mirtha pursue the ritual solution at the schoolhouse.
5. Birth of the Evil — The schoolhouse children defeat Mirtha's ritual, and Pedro's violence causes the demon to be born. Back home, Eduardo's confession and Jair's final revelation show that the catastrophe has not ended.