Character Relationship Map: Winners

Characters

• Saber (played by Hossein Abedini) — supporting

  Saber is a film enthusiast and former actor who owns an extensive film collection and lends Yahya a copy of Cinema Paradiso. He has tried to escape the attention and loss of privacy that came with fam...

• Yahya (played by Parsa Maghami) — supporting

  Yahya is a boy whose love of movies keeps him awake and shapes his hopes for the future. He collects discarded metal with Leyla, becomes involved in the dispute over a shiny statue, and promises to fi...

• Mother (played by Martine Malalai Zikria) — supporting

  Mother is Yahya's parent and worries that his fascination with movies keeps him awake late and distracts him from sleep and ordinary responsibilities. Her concern provides an early contrast to Yahya's...

• Leyla (played by Helia Mohammadkhani) — supporting

  Leyla is a child who joins Yahya in collecting discarded metal and searching for valuable objects. When they find a shiny figure, she shares his hope that it could bring them money, and the children t...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Mother → Yahya (Family Mother And Son) — She worries about Yahya's habits, while his devotion to cinema continues to shape his daily life.

  Yahya's mother worries that he stays awake late watching movies and neglects sleep and ordinary responsibilities.

Story Dynamics

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

• Yahya → Leyla (Alliance Search Companions) — They work together to find and safeguard the figure, whose ownership and disappearance bring trouble.

  Yahya and Leyla collect discarded metal and search for valuable objects; they discover a shiny figure and try to protect it.

• Saber → Yahya (Alliance Mentor) — Saber encourages Yahya's interest in cinema and helps him pursue an opportunity in Tehran, even as Saber reflects bitterly on his own fame.

  Saber lends Yahya a copy of Cinema Paradiso, shares his history as an actor, and gives Yahya money to travel to Tehran.

Story Analysis

Yahya's love of cinema develops alongside material hardship, a search for a missing figure, and Saber’s complicated history with fame.

Plot Progression

1. Cinema and Daily Struggle — Yahya's love of movies keeps him awake and concerns his mother. Alongside Leyla, he collects discarded metal while a driver tries to return a statue left in his car.
2. The Missing Figure — Yahya and Leyla find a shiny figure and hope it may be valuable. Disputes over ownership lead them to an antique buyer, and the figure goes missing, prompting Yahya to search.
3. Saber's Hidden Past — Saber shares his film collection with Yahya and lends him Cinema Paradiso. He reveals his former acting career and describes his wish to escape fame and live an ordinary life.
4. A Journey Toward Tehran — Saber's partnership breaks down after an accusation about Yahya's access to the film collection. Saber gives Yahya money and points him toward a television program at Milad Tower; Yahya sets out, and...