Les Nageuses

Original title: The Swimmers

2022
16
2h 14m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

38K

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Manal Issa and Nathalie Issa in Les Nageuses (2022)

A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.

Director
- Sally El Hosaini
Writers
- Sally El Hosaini
- Jack Thorne
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

38K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Sally El Hosaini
Writers
- Sally El Hosaini
- Jack Thorne
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

Videos3

The Swimmers: Diving In

Photos12

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Trivia
A lot of the actors that were on the rubber dinghy were actual refugees, called in order to achieve honesty in the story telling. The seasickness and fainting scene were also real.

Connections
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Featured review

9/10

What is wrong with us humans?

I needed to give this movie 9 stars out of 10, because it has such an important message. What are we doing with our world? Why do we let greed divide us? Why is it so important to wage war around every corner?

This is an eye opening experience. To hear about refugees crossing the oceans in little boats and visually seeing what can happen is very different. Obviously it is very hard to get every suffering soul into Europe or the US, there are just too many, but this is why it is even more important to bring education and wealth into every corner of the world.

It is important to have movies about fantasies, about princesses, about interesting stories, but it is maybe even more important to shine the light on unspeakable circumstances. So thanks a lot for this movie, thank you for a beautiful performance from the Issa sisters and thank you for human beings like the Mardini sisters.