Cloud Atlas (2012) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Portrays multiple interconnected roles across eras. In 1849, Dr. Henry Goose attempts to poison Adam Ewing for his gold. In 1973, Isaac Sachs provides Luisa Rey with a crucial report before being murd...
Embodies characters bridging different timelines. As Luisa Rey in 1973, a journalist investigating a nuclear conspiracy who evades assassination attempts by hitman Bill Smoke. As Meronym in 2321, a me...
Portrays pivotal figures in the 1936 and 2012 narratives. In 1936, composer Vyvyan Ayrs exploits amanuensis Robert Frobisher, demanding full credit for the Cloud Atlas Sextet and threatening blackmail...
Appears primarily as the ruthless enforcer Bill Smoke in the 1973 storyline. Hired by Lloyd Hooks to eliminate Luisa Rey and protect oil interests, Smoke murders scientist Isaac Sachs, destroys Rey's...
Central figure in the 1849 and 2144 arcs. In 1849, lawyer Adam Ewing witnesses the abuse of enslaved man Autua, advocates for his freedom, and later abandons his life to join the abolition movement. I...
Appears as Yoona-939 in the 2144 storyline. A fellow fabricant who secretly obtains a recording of Timothy Cavendish's institutionalization, Yoona uses it to expose Sonmi-451 to concepts of rebellion...
Portrays Joe Napier in the 1973 narrative. As the head of security at the nuclear plant, Napier provides crucial assistance to journalist Luisa Rey, helping her evade further assassination attempts by...
Portrays the central figure of the 2144 dystopian arc. Sonmi-451 is a cloned fabricant indentured as a fast-food server who discovers the truth about societal control and fabricant recycling. After be...
Key figure bridging the 1936 and 1973 timelines. As an older nuclear physicist in 1973, Rufus Sixsmith alerts journalist Luisa Rey to a corporate conspiracy involving a nuclear reactor. He is murdered...
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Zachry returns to rescue Catkin after finding his tribe slaughtered by the Kona.
Dermot Hoggins's brothers threaten publisher Timothy Cavendish over the profits from Dermot's memoir.
Isaac Sachs passes Rey a copy of Sixsmith's report before Smoke kills him.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
The Kona Chief leads the cannibalistic Kona tribe, whose members slaughter Zachry's village and later fight Zachry and Meronym.
Meronym agrees to heal Zachry's niece, Catkin, in exchange for Zachry's guidance.
Meronym visits Zachry's village, offers healing for Catkin, and asks Zachry to guide her to the forgotten communication station.
After her recapture, Sonmi recounts her story to an archivist before being executed.
Sonmi learns that fabricants are recycled into food that keeps them acquiescent, then authorities attack and recapture her after her broadcast.
Yoona-939 is another fabricant who works within the same dystopian system as Sonmi-451 and exposes her to ideas of rebellion.
Timothy escapes Aurora House with three other residents.
Timothy signs into Aurora House believing it is a hotel, then discovers that he has been committed to a nursing home where outside contact is prohibit...
Joe Napier, the plant's head of security, helps Rey evade another murder attempt by Smoke.
Smoke kills Isaac Sachs after Sachs passes Rey a copy of Sixsmith's report.
Smoke kills Sixsmith before Sixsmith can give Rey his report.
Bill Smoke kills Sixsmith and Sachs, attacks Rey, and runs her car off a bridge.
Six connected eras show oppression, resistance, sacrifice, and enduring bonds across time.
Directed by Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cloud Atlas (2012) · 6.9/10 · drama, science-fiction
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