a man trying to kill a man by poisoning him, in the nineteenth century, and later, the same man (as a different character) was interconnected in another lifetime where his role was to save someone. The movie also shows us that when we don't learn a lesson in a lifetime, we have to come back and continue learning that lesson again and again, until we get it right.   What they showed us is that we can be a different "character" in order to learn the same lesson, but because of the complexity of the story it may be missed by the viewer.  When they show the credits at the end, we were surprised to see the actors' different roles in the movie [more than one actor played opposite gender]. One of the elements that the movie showed us was that we do change "roles" from lifetime to lifetime in order to learn different experiences.  I equate learning a life lesson to playing a part in a movie; sometimes we get the lead role, such as the hero, other times we could be the killer, or sometimes we are just an extra. It also showed quite concisely that we do travel in a soul group.  That same group of people continue to show up in our lives throughout time.   This has shown up time and time again when I have worked with my clients. For instance, my wife in this life has been in many other lifetimes with me.  She has