Character Relationship Map: Sinbad

Characters

• Szindbád (played by Zoltán Latinovits) — protagonist

  Szindbád is the film’s central figure, shown dead or dying in a cart while his voiceover recalls a lifetime of love affairs. His fragmented, nonchronological memories make him the narrative focus, con...

• Majmunka (as Dayka Margit) (played by Dajka Margit) — supporting

  Majmunka is beside Szindbád near the end of his journey, as he accepts that youth, ambition, and hope have passed. Their closing exchange gives him company while he reflects on women’s unfaithfulness,...

• Setétke (played by Györgyi Andai) — supporting

  Setétke is a mysterious young woman whom men can see only at dusk. Szindbád approaches her while pretending to be a lost prince searching for a wife, and promises to return when the moon drives its ye...

• Florentina (played by Erika Szegedi) — supporting

  Florentina is named as dead when Szindbád finally accepts that his youth, ambition, and hope are over. Her death contributes to the final reckoning with his life, though the summary does not specify t...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Szindbád → Florentina (Romantic Remembered Lover) — Florentina remains part of Szindbád's emotional past, and her death intensifies his recognition that his romantic world has ended.

  The final section states that Florentina is dead as Szindbád settles his account with life amid memories of old lovers.

• Szindbád → Setétke (Brief Romantic Pursuit) — Their encounter transforms a short-lived courtship into Szindbád's imagined promise of eternal love.

  Szindbád presents himself as a lost prince searching for a wife and courts Setétke, who is visible to men only at dusk. He promises to return when the...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Szindbád → Majmunka (as Dayka Margit) (Social Companion) — Majmunka accompanies Szindbád during his final resignation and reflection on a life shaped by love and death.

  At the end of the film, Majmunka is beside Szindbád while he reflects on women, unfaithfulness, memory, and the end of his life.

Story Analysis

A dying wanderer revisits romantic memories and gradually accepts that love, illusion, time, and death have always been inseparable.

Plot Progression

1. A Tired Prince at Dusk — Szindbád begins near death but continues pursuing romance. His courtship of Setétke turns a brief dusk meeting into an imagined eternal promise.
2. Passion Meets Daylight — Szindbád revisits former passion and a failed promise of double suicide. Daylight and ordinary obligations return the woman to her husband and family.
3. The Cost of Beautiful Lies — Szindbád defends romantic invention as a condition of bearable life. A woman rejects his aging corruption but still longs to hear sweet lies.
4. Memory Against Time — Later encounters return to death, marriage, guilt, lost lovers, and changing identities. The past behaves like a ghost that cannot be dismissed.
5. The Account Is Settled — Florentina's death confirms that Szindbád's youth and hope have ended. Beside Majmunka, he accepts resignation, memory, love, and death.