I didnt understand the Ending. Ali won the race, got gold medal, he come home, with sad face and torn shoes. the sister seems disapointed, then Ali feed surrounding by gold fish
He didn't want to win the race. He was trying to get 3rd place, because the prize for 3rd place was a pair of running shoes, and he wanted shoes to give to his sister to replace the ones he lost at the beginning.
The gold fish at the end is a bit of a weird one, I think I heard someone once say it has some fancy artistic meaning like the fish are kissing their feet because the kids are so pure and innocent ("children of heaven"), something like that.
Read this in chronological order. 1. Ali won the race unintentionally when he aimed for the third position. He wanted to give her sister the 3rd place prize, a pair of shoes. So winning becomes meaningless because the prize, although much more expensive than a pair of shoes, is not what he wanted.
2. next scene, his father just got out of a store with a lot of groceries, including NEW PAIRS OF SHOES for his beloved son and daughter.
3. next scene, ali looked sad because he cannot keep his promise to his sister. He cannot give a new pair of shoes for her.
4. next, Ali took off his broken shoes and nothing weird about goldfish eating peeled off foot skin from a scar.
5. next scene special for you: his father got home and gave Ali and Zahra a new pair of shoes for each! They were happy and dancing uncontrollably. Zahra got what she wanted, and so did Ali. plus, he did not have to give his pair of shoes to Zahra, he could keep it for himself. and suddenly being a winner of the race did not seem so bad anymore! He told his parents he won. Now it's his parents turn to dance uncontrollably.
6. next scene again for you: Ali and his family spent 2 weeks with his family at a holiday camp from the prize of winning the race. and he's wearing a set of sport suits, another prize for the winner.
7. His father got a semi-permanent job as a gardener of a rich old grandpa. and he recommended his father to his equally-rich old friends in the neighborhood. and ali's father finally could pay off his overdue rent that had been 5 months behind. and now they moved to rent bigger house.
so at the end, everybody won. got it? if you still dont get it, maybe you can switch 2 with 3 in chronological order.
It truly was a happy ending. The boy didn't quite realizing that winning was actually better than being no. 3, but the audience (us) know that was so and are happy for him, his younger sister, and their family, friends, and community.