The Visit

A immensely wealthy outsider who returns to her hometown to test its morals. She manipulates the town using money, watching with gleeful detachment as the villagers’ sense of justice decays. Her calculated cruelty exposes how power can corrupt communal values.

The former shopkeeper whose past with Karla sets the plot in motion. He clings to a sense of pride, denies paternity, and misreads the town’s hunger for wealth as support. His fate is sealed by the town’s transactional morality and fear of losing prosperity.

The town’s corrupt official who enables Karla’s scheme and rationalizes the mob’s actions. He embodies how political power can be bought and used to bend the truth. His leadership exposes a community that values money over due process.

The lawman who becomes entangled in Karla’s manipulation, moving from authority to complicity. He embodies the lure of wealth and personal risk that corrupts justice. He plays a central role in enforcing the mob’s will.

A young, naïve woman who becomes involved with the town’s power dynamics through her affair with the married police chief. She represents innocence caught in a system driven by money and desire. Anya’s fate highlights the personal costs of moral compromise.

Serge’s wife who is swept up in the town’s moral collapse and the social gossip surrounding the affair. Her perspective reflects how relationships fracture under pressure and greed. Her loyalty shifts as the town’s priorities shift toward wealth.