The Swimmers

The Swimmers

The Swimmers

7.4/ 10

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2022

Release Year

134 min

Runtime

Drama

History

Overview

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

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Keywords

refugee

olympian sports team

biography

based on true story

family relationships

survival

swimming

inspiring

sisters

heartfelt

admiring

comforting

forceful

rousing

sport

overcoming the odds

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Cast

Manal Issa

Manal Issa

Sarah Mardini

Nathalie Issa

Nathalie Issa

Yusra Mardini

Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer

Sven

Ali Suliman

Ali Suliman

Ezzat Mardini

James Floyd

James Floyd

Emad

Ahmed Malek

Ahmed Malek

Nizar

Kinda Alloush

Kinda Alloush

Mervat Mardini

Nahel Tzegai

Nahel Tzegai

Shada

Carlotta De Gregori

Marlena Kristov (Olympic swimmer)

Victoria Valcheva

Kostana

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 10, 2023

7

7/10

Two young sisters - Sara (Manal Issa) and Yusra (Nathalie Issa) are obsessed with representing their Syrian nation at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Their father is their coach and their mentor, and he drives them hard - but that might all prove to be for nought when a bomb comes crash…

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