Hector and his wife Clara move into a new country home. While relaxing in the garden, Hector spots a beautiful woman undressing in the woods through his binoculars. Driven by curiosity, he investigates, only to be stabbed in the arm by a mysterious man with a pink-bandaged face. The Three Hectors
Unlike many time travel movies that allow for "branching" timelines, Timecrimes operates on the : everything that happened was always going to happen. The story is a perfect circle where the protagonist is his own antagonist, creating a dark irony where every attempt to "fix" the situation is actually the cause of it.
After another trip back in time to fix the mistakes of Hector 2, this version is more cynical and desperate. He realizes the only way to save his own life and marriage is to ensure the girl dies in place of his wife, Clara. He manipulates the scene so that Hector 2 kills the "wrong" person, securing his own timeline. The Conclusion
This is the innocent version of Hector. He is the one who sees the girl, gets stabbed, and flees into the nearby research facility where a scientist convinces him to hide in a large mechanical vat—which turns out to be a time machine.