What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (2021) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The warnings came after Lisa's first encounter with Giorgi. The seedling, surveillance camera, drainpipe, and wind were omens signaling that Lisa had become victim to a curse meant to prevent her from finding love. These objects appeared on her way home as cryptic warnings of the impending transformation she would face the next morning.

• curse
• warnings
• seedling
• omens
• Lisa

They both underwent drastic physical transformations overnight, rendering them unrecognizable to each other and to everyone who knew them. Beyond the physical changes, Lisa lost her medical knowledge while Giorgi lost his soccer abilities, their most treasured talents were stripped away as part of the curse's design to keep them apart.

Foreshadowing: The curse warnings appeared after their first meeting, suggesting their connection triggered the magical intervention.

• transformation
• curse
• identity
• soccer
• medical knowledge

The curse physically transformed both of them so completely that they could no longer recognize their own faces, let alone each other's. When they both arrived at the café as planned, each believed they had been stood up by the other person, not realizing they were sitting right there in their new forms.

• recognition
• curse
• café
• misunderstanding

The curse was designed to strip away what each character valued most about themselves. For Lisa, her medical studies defined her identity; for Giorgi, soccer was his passion and livelihood. By removing these core aspects of who they were, the curse made it nearly impossible for them to maintain their previous lives or recognize their true selves.

• medical knowledge
• soccer
• curse
• identity loss

After their transformations, Lisa could no longer work at the pharmacy since she had lost her medical knowledge. Giorgi was similarly kicked off his soccer team when his coach didn't recognize him. Both drifted to the café where they were originally meant to meet, Lisa became a barista while Giorgi worked at a pull-up bar for athletic betting, unaware they were working alongside each other the whole time.

Foreshadowing: The café was the meeting point they had agreed upon before the transformation occurred.

• café
• jobs
• kutaisi
• coincidence

Lisa sought help from a music teacher rumored to have mystical abilities, using coffee and tarot cards as remedies. However, the attempt was unsuccessful, the summary notes this visit was "unfruitful." The curse remained unbroken until the spontaneous recognition at the film screening, suggesting the magical solution didn't lie in traditional remedies but in a moment of genuine visual recognition.

• music teacher
• curse
• remedy
• tarot

Destiny intervened when both Lisa and Giorgi were unexpectedly cast as romantic leads in a film. This casting was entirely by chance, they didn't know each other at the time, but it brought them into close contact with each other repeatedly during filming, unknowingly advancing their journey toward each other.

• film
• casting
• romance
• lovers

During the premiere of the film they both starred in, their real faces appeared on the big screen. When they saw themselves projected, seeing who they truly were rather than their cursed appearances, they finally recognized each other. This visual confrontation with their original selves broke the curse's hold on them.

Foreshadowing: The film gave them the opportunity to see each other in a different context, but only seeing their true faces on screen triggered recognition.

• recognition
• cinema
• film
• screen
• faces

In the closing moments, the film's narrator questions whether the story is "strange" and lacks societal commentary, acknowledging that such bizarre occurrences can indeed happen in reality. This meta-moment suggests the story itself is a whimsical meditation on fate, love, and the randomness of life, the narrator treats the magical curse as a real but unusual event, leaving the ending open to interpretation about whether their love truly triumphed or remained a wistful, ambiguous coincidence.

• narrator
• ending
• meaning
• ambiguity
• meta

The World Cup serves as a contextual backdrop that highlights Giorgi's loss of identity. While the soccer tournament brings excitement to the café (the owner installs a screen to attract customers), Giorgi, who was once a soccer player, can only assist guests with betting at a pull-up bar. The World Cup symbolizes what Giorgi has lost while also creating a setting where the café business becomes important to the characters' survival.

• world cup
• soccer
• café
• setting

Lisa's roommate Maya gave her a black amber ring meant to protect her from the curse during the night. This traditional protective talisman was her attempt to shield Lisa from the mystical threat she had sensed through the omens. However, despite wearing the ring, Lisa still underwent the transformation the next morning, suggesting the curse was too powerful for ordinary protective measures.

Foreshadowing: The ring was given after Lisa received the warning omens, as a defensive gesture against the coming curse.

• black amber ring
• protection
• maya
• talisman