The Swimmers
Two Syrian sisters flee their war-torn home in Damascus, swim for hours in choppy Mediterranean seas to reach Greece as asylum seekers before going on to compete at the Rio Olympic Games.
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Summary
The Swimmers is a 2022 biographical sports drama film directed by Sally El Hosaini from a screenplay that she co-wrote with Jack Thorne. The film stars real-life sisters Nathalie Issa and Manal Issa, Ahmed Malek, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, James Krishna Floyd and Elmi Rashid Elmi.
The Swimmers had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and was released in select cinemas on November 11, 2022. It was shown at the evening gala of the Marrakesh International Film Festival on November 18, 2022, before its streaming release on November 23, 2022, by Netflix.
Plot
The plot follows the life story of teenage Syrian refugees Yusra Mardini and her sister Sarah Mardini, who swam alongside a sinking dinghy of refugees to lighten it, and eventually help 18 refugees to reach safety across the Aegean Sea while being smuggled from İzmir towards Lesbos. Subsequent struggles as refugees are vividly depicted, but Yusra Mardini’s swimming career sees her reaching the Rio 2016 Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team.
The final credits inform that Yusra’s sister Sarah, who had returned to Lesbos as part of voluntary efforts to assist incoming refugees in 2016, had been arrested and faced charges carrying potentially long-term prison sentences, if convicted.
Also Known As
- (original title): The Swimmers
- Argentina: Las nadadoras
- Australia: The Swimmers
- Brazil: As Nadadoras
- Canada: The Swimmers(English)
- Canada: Les Nageuses(French)
- Croatia: Plivačice
- Czech Republic: Plavkyně
- Ecuador: Las nadadoras
- Egypt: The Swimmers(English)
- France: Les Nageuses
- Germany: Die Schwimmerinnen
- Hong Kong: The Swimmers(English)
- India: The Swimmers(English)
- India: The Swimmers(Hindi)
- Indonesia: The Swimmers(English)
- Israel: The Swimmers(English)
- Italy: Le nuotatrici
- Japan: スイマーズ: 希望を託して(Japanese)
- Mexico: Las nadadoras
- Netherlands: The Swimmers
- Philippines: The Swimmers(English)
- Poland: The Swimmers(Alternative Title)
- Poland: Pływaczki
- Romania: Înotătoarele
- Russia: Пловчихи
- Serbia: Пливачице
- Singapore: The Swimmers(English)
- South Africa: The Swimmers(English)
- South Korea: The Swimmers
- Spain: Las nadadoras
- Sweden: The Swimmers
- Taiwan: 泳出新生
- Thailand: The Swimmers(English)
- Turkey: Yüzücüler(Turkish)
- Ukraine: Плавчині
- United Arab Emirates: The Swimmers
- United Kingdom: The Swimmers
- United States: The Swimmers
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