In the 2016 film *The Invisible Guest* (Spanish title: *Contratiempo*), the connections between the main characters are built on layers of secrecy, a tragic accident, and a complex revenge plot.
### **1. Adrián Doria and Laura Vidal**
* **Relationship:** They are secret lovers.
* **Detail:** Both are married to other people—Adrián is a successful tech entrepreneur and Laura is a fashion photographer. They know each other through their **extramarital affair**. The film's inciting incident occurs as they are driving back from a secret tryst in the mountains, attempting to end their relationship to avoid ruining their marriages.
### **2. Adrián/Laura and Daniel Garrido**
* **Relationship:** Perpetrators and victim.
* **Detail:** While driving back from their getaway, Adrián swerves to avoid a deer and collides with Daniel's car. Daniel, a young banker, is killed (or severely injured) in the crash. Adrián and Laura do not know Daniel personally before this; their "connection" is strictly the **hit-and-run accident**. To protect their reputations and hide their affair, they decide to cover up the crime rather than call the police.
### **3. Laura Vidal and Tomás Garrido**
* **Relationship:** Strangers-turned-suspects.
* **Detail:** After the accident, Adrián’s car won't start. While he goes to dispose of Daniel’s body and car, Laura stays with the stalled vehicle. **Tomás Garrido**, who happens to be an automotive engineer living nearby, stops to help her. He tows the car to his house to fix it. At his home, Laura (using the fake name "Raquel") meets Tomás's wife and sees a photo of Daniel, realizing with horror that she is in the home of the boy they just killed.
### **4. Adrián Doria and Elvira Garrido (The "Virginia Goodman" Connection)**
* **Relationship:** Legal adversary and grieving mother (unbeknownst to Adrián).
* **Detail:** Elvira is Daniel’s mother. For most of the film, Adrián believes he is talking to **Virginia Goodman**, a legendary defense attorney hired by his lawyer to help him beat a murder charge (the murder of Laura Vidal).
* **The Reality:** In the film's climactic twist, it is revealed that "Virginia Goodman" is actually **Elvira Garrido in disguise**. She and her husband Tomás have spent months tracking Adrián. Elvira, a former theater actress, uses her skills to impersonate the attorney to manipulate Adrián into confessing where he hid their son's body.
### **Summary Table of Connections**
| Character A | Character B | Connection |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Adrián** | **Laura** | Having a secret affair; accomplices in a hit-and-run. |
| **Adrián/Laura** | **Daniel** | They killed him in a car accident and hid his body. |
| **Laura** | **Tomás** | He fixed her car immediately after the accident, unaware she killed his son. |
| **Adrián** | **Elvira** | He thinks she is his lawyer; she is actually Daniel's mother seeking a confession. |