Attraction (2017) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The Russian Air Force mistook the alien ship for a NATO spy satellite during the meteor shower event. They fired missiles at the craft, shredding it and causing it to crash into Moscow. This mistaken strike killed hundreds and triggered the chain of events that followed, as the damaged ship was forced to make an emergency landing in the city.

Foreshadowing: The initial missile strike establishes the hostile first contact between humans and the alien, setting the tone for the conflict that escalates throughout the film.

• Russian Air Force
• alien ship
• missile strike
• meteor shower
• mistaken identity

Shilk is a device that allows its user to traverse space without harming their body. Hekon, the alien visitor, needs Shilk to return to his ship and travel safely through space. The device appears to be drawn toward water and glows with water's life-giving energy, which becomes significant during the story.

Foreshadowing: Hekon mentions searching for Shilk early in the film, explaining his need to recover it before attempting to leave Earth.

• Shilk
• Hekon
• space travel
• alien device
• spaceship

While examining Hekon's unconscious body at her classmate Google's place, Yulya discovered a wristband mysteriously forming on her own arm. This alien technology allows her to manipulate water, a power that becomes crucial during the final confrontation when water becomes both a weapon and healing force.

Foreshadowing: The wristband appears shortly after Yulya first encounters the unconscious alien, suggesting a bond forming between them.

• Yulya
• wristband
• water manipulation
• alien technology
• powers

Artyom is Yulya's ex-boyfriend who becomes convinced that the alien represents a threat to Earth. His motivation stems from a combination of jealousy over Yulya's relationship with Hekon, his own sense of justice, and a desire for revenge. He rallies supporters to attack the alien and eventually leads a violent mob that challenges the military barricades.

Foreshadowing: Artyom's hostility toward Hekon begins immediately after learning of Yulya's attraction to the alien, and his anger escalates as the relationship develops.

• Artyom
• antagonist
• jealousy
• mob leader
• alien threat

Ruslan, Artyom's friend, dies during the confrontation with Hekon. When Artyom's companions try to shoot Hekon, Ruslan is accidentally shot instead. His death fuels Artyom's anger and makes him even more determined to destroy the alien, intensifying the conflict.

Foreshadowing: Ruslan's involvement in provoking the crowd earlier establishes his volatile role in the escalating violence.

• Ruslan
• death
• Artyom
• riot
• accidental shooting

After being shot by Artyom, Yulya is carried into the alien spaceship where the ship's water-based healing system treats her injuries. The water technology, connected to both Shilk and the wristband Yulya wears, repairs her wounds. This healing process also allows the ship's computer to respond to Lebedev's questions about the alien's mission.

Foreshadowing: The spaceship's water-based technology was hinted at through Shilk's water-attracting nature and the wristband's abilities.

• spaceship
• healing
• water technology
• Yulya
• injuries

The spaceship's computer initially judges Earth harshly based on humanity's violent response to the alien arrival. However, Yulya's unwavering love for Hekon and her willingness to protect him despite being shot prompts the computer to rewrite its conclusions. Her sacrifice demonstrates the capacity for love and trust that softens the alien's judgment of humanity.

Foreshadowing: Yulya's love for Hekon is established throughout the film as she chooses the alien over her own safety and her father's authority.

• spaceship computer
• judgment
• Yulya
• love
• Earth assessment

Yulya reveals her pregnancy with Hekon's child to her father Colonel Lebedev specifically to distract him and the military officers during a critical meeting. This diversion allows Hekon to disguise himself as a scientist and steal Shilk from its container, making the pregnancy reveal a strategic act to facilitate the alien's mission.

Foreshadowing: The pregnancy was established earlier as a turning point that shifts loyalties and intensifies stakes for everyone involved.

• pregnancy
• Yulya
• Lebedev
• distraction
• Hekon

The final confrontation erupts when Artyom's mob breaches the police barricade near the spaceship. Yulya and Hekon drive a military car through the chaos to return him and Shilk to the ship. Artyom attacks them, and in the struggle, he shoots both Yulya and Hekon with a dropped rifle, forcing Lebedev to intervene.

Foreshadowing: Tensions had been building since Artyom learned about Yulya's true feelings for Hekon in a pushed phone call, which him over the edge.

• final confrontation
• Artyom
• ship
• Yulya
• Hekon
• barricade

The closing narration states that one alien from far away trusted humanity more than humanity trusts itself. This reflects Hekon's choice to come to Earth openly despite knowing the risks, and Yulya's unconditional love for him despite societal fear. The message suggests that humanity's xenophobia and violence prevented them from reciprocating the trust the alien offered.

Foreshadowing: The theme of trust versus fear runs throughout the film, from the military's hostile first response to Artyom's violent rejection of the alien.

• ending
• trust
• message
• humanity
• alien
• theme