He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2022) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Angélique is suffering from erotomania, a delusional belief that someone of higher status is in love with her. From the beginning, she convince herself that Loïc will leave his wife for her, ignoring obvious signs that he is not planning to abandon his marriage. This psychological condition drives her obsession and inability to accept reality.

Foreshadowing: Early scenes show Angélique receiving gifts and messages she believes are from Loïc, when in fact they are her own deliveries to herself.

• erotomania
• obsession
• delusion
• angélique
• loïc
• mental illness

Sonia Jasmin was a patient who accused Dr. Loïc of assaulting her. When Angélique went to confront her and persuade her to drop the charges, a heated argument erupted. Sonia suffered a heart attack during the confrontation and died. Loïc was wrongly arrested for her murder because the circumstances pointed to him.

Foreshadowing: The film hints at Sonia being the 'stalker' Loïc suspects, as he receives mysterious gifts and confrontations that seem to involve her.

• sonia jasmin
• heart attack
• confrontation
• loïc arrest
• patient accusation

Loïc was arrested because Sonia died during a confrontation at her home, and the circumstances made him the primary suspect. Angélique had gone there to convince Sonia to drop charges against Loïc, but when Sonia died, the evidence pointed to Loïc as the culprit. He was later cleared when his wife Rachel provided an alibi.

Foreshadowing: The timeline shows Loïc being taken into custody shortly after Sonia's death, with the police treating it as a murder case.

• loïc arrested
• sonia murder
• police investigation
• rachel alibi

After Loïc is arrested for Sonia's murder, Angélique sees him embrace his wife Rachel as police take him away. Believing their relationship is the obstacle, she returns home, turns on the gas, and lies down to die, thinking that removing herself will somehow free Loïc. This desperate act stems from her delusional belief that their love would triumph if only certain obstacles disappeared.

Foreshadowing: Angélique's mental state has been deteriorating since Loïc chose to stay with his wife after the miscarriage, and her losing her scholarship and job accelerated her descent.

• suicide attempt
• gas
• angélique
• desperation
• obsession

While exploring the house Angélique was house-sitting, Loïc discovers a life-sized mosaic made entirely from garbage, shaped like himself. This disturbing artwork reveals the extreme extent of Angélique's obsession and fixation on him. It serves as tangible evidence of her delusional beliefs and the depth of her psychological illness.

Foreshadowing: Earlier scenes show Angélique collecting and organizing items in the house, hinting at her compulsive behavior.

• mosaic
• garbage
• obsession
• art
• angélique
• loïc discovery

The film uses a narrative structure where it first tells the entire story from Angélique's perspective, then abruptly rewinds to the opening (the rose delivery) and replays events from Loïc's viewpoint. This reveals that Loïc never knew who was sending him gifts, he assumed they came from his wife Rachel. The dual perspective exposes how miscommunication and delusion shaped both their realities, making the audience understand the same events completely differently.

Foreshadowing: The opening scene shows the rose being delivered, but the rewind reveals Loïc's confusion about its origin.

• rewind
• perspective
• dual narrative
• loïc viewpoint
• misunderstanding

Loïc decides not to go to Florence with Angélique because he chooses to stay with his wife Rachel after she suffered a miscarriage. The loss created a crisis in his marriage that made him reconsider his affair. Angélique waited at the airport alone, and this rejection marked a turning point that sent her into a downward spiral of depression and obsessive behavior.

Foreshadowing: Rachel's miscarriage and the couple's separation had already strained the affair, with Loïc torn between his wife and his mistress.

• florence
• airport
• miscarriage
• rachel
• loïc chooses wife
• rejection

After Angélique is released from the mental institution five years later, a cleaning man discovers pills glued to the wall behind a wardrobe, arranged in a mosaic of Loïc. This reveals she has never actually taken her prescribed medication, suggesting her obsession remains fully intact and unresolved. The film ends with a quote from a real erotomaniac, reinforcing that her delusion persists.

Foreshadowing: Her therapist warned that continued medication would help, but the discovery proves she was only pretending to comply.

• pills mosaic
• medication
• mental institution
• ending
• not taking meds
• unresolved

Erotomania is a delusional disorder where a person believes someone of higher status or fame is in love with them. In the film, Angélique genuinely believes Loïc loves her and will leave his wife, despite clear evidence to the contrary. This condition causes her to interpret every interaction as confirmation of their 'relationship,' leading to stalking, obsession, and violent actions she sees as justified by love.

Foreshadowing: From the first rose delivery, Angélique constructs an entire romantic narrative around someone she barely knows.

• erotomania
• delusion
• mental illness
• obsession
• delusional disorder

After Sonia's death and Loïc's arrest, Angélique stages a break-in and theft at Sonia's house hoping to make it look like the murder was committed by a random intruder. Her goal was to clear Loïc's name and prove his innocence. However, the plan backfires terribly, instead of helping Loïc, it leads to his arrest for Sonia's murder and intensifies the police investigation against him.

Foreshadowing: Angélique's desperation to 'save' Loïc had been building since he chose his wife over her at the airport.

• break-in
• staged theft
• sonia's house
• clear loïc name
• backfires

Despite their marriage troubles and Loïc's affair, Rachel provides Loïc with an alibi, telling police he was with her on the night Sonia died. This alibi clears Loïc of the murder charge. Rachel's decision shows complex loyalty, she was hurt by the affair but still chose to stand by her husband, ultimately helping prove his innocence.

Foreshadowing: The couple had been trying to reconcile after Rachel's miscarriage, and their relationship showed signs of mending.

• rachel alibi
• clears loïc
• wife loyalty
• police investigation
• marriage

The pink rose that opens the film represents the beginning of Angélique's obsession. She buys it and has it delivered to Loïc, starting the chain of events. In the rewind, we see Loïc receive it and assume it came from his wife Rachel, completely unaware of Angélique's role. The rose becomes the symbol of her delusional fixation and the catalyst for the entire tragic story.

Foreshadowing: The rose delivery marks the exact moment Angélique's fantasy begins, launching the film's entire premise.

• pink rose
• symbol
• delivery
• obsession
• beginning
• gift