1. The Swimmers - Culture Collective - USA for UNHCR
The Swimmers is an inspiring film about Yusra Mardini and her sister's harrowing journey fleeing Damascus, Syria and the dangerous sea crossing they made to ...
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2. The Swimmers (2022) - Rotten Tomatoes
Based on a true story, THE SWIMMERS follows the journey from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as ...
Based on a true story, THE SWIMMERS follows the journey 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.
3. The Inspiring True Story Behind Netflix's The Swimmers - Time
Nov 23, 2022 · The film follows 17-year-old Yusra and 20-year-old Sara (played by Nathalie and Manal Issa, respectively) in their simple life in Daraya, ...
Yusra and Sara Mardini saved a boatful of fellow asylum seekers from drowning in the Aegean Sea. Now a Netflix movie tells their story
4. The Swimmers movie review & film summary (2022) - Roger Ebert
Nov 23, 2022 · Based on the true story of Yusra and Sara Mardini, Sally El Hosaini's The Swimmers is a touching portrait of their fight to survive and ...
Based on the true story of Yusra and Sara Mardini, Sally El Hosaini’s The Swimmers is a touching portrait of their fight to survive and achieve the impossible.
5. The Swimmers - Working Title Films
Directed by Sally El Hosaini and written by Jack Thorne, this is a moving story of two young women refugees, and their inspiring reach for a better life.
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6. The Swimmers - TIFF
An epic adventure drawn from the most pressing of global stories, The Swimmers tells the remarkable true tale of sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini, who fled their ...
This soaring epic dramatizes the true story of two sisters who left their home in war-torn Syria for a new life in Europe — and the chance to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
7. “The Swimmers” Film Review: The Inspiring Olympic Story of Two ...
Oct 26, 2023 · The Swimmers is a biographical drama directed by Sally El Hosaini and co-written with Jack Thorne, based on the true story of Syrian sisters Yusra and Sara ...
In the middle of the Aegean Sea, an overcrowded dinghy carrying sisters Yusra and Sara along with 18 other asylum seekers abruptly stalls. Voyaging towards Greece to escape war-torn Syria, the boat serving as the transportation lifeline begins to flood. Both sisters decidedly jump out to lighten the weight onboard and spent the remaining three
8. The Swimmers Movie Review | Common Sense Media
Aug 15, 2023 · Inspiring true refugee story has sexual violence and peril. Read Common Sense Media's The Swimmers review, age rating, and parents guide.
Inspiring true refugee story has sexual violence and peril. Read Common Sense Media's The Swimmers review, age rating, and parents guide.
9. The real story behind Netflix film The Swimmers | Yusra Mardini interview
Dec 1, 2022 · Yusra Mardini survived without food and water for three days while fleeing from war-torn Syria – now she's an Olympic athlete.
Yusra Mardini survived without food and water for three days while fleeing from war-torn Syria – now she's an Olympic athlete
10. The subtler messages about forced displacement in 'The Swimmers'
The Swimmers tells the story of real-life swimming sisters, Yusra and Sara Mardini, as they flee war in Syria, travel across the Aegean Sea in a lifeboat, and ...
The screen is dark, the music sombre. There are sounds of muffled voices and explosions. The dark screen breaks to reveal blue skies as the words “2011: A
11. The Swimmers review – powerful refugee drama goes for the happy ...
Nov 12, 2022 · The Swimmers review – powerful refugee drama goes for the happy ending ... Based on a true story, Sally El Hosaini's stirring drama follows two ...
The true story of two sporting sisters fleeing the Syrian conflict is strikingly told, at first, in Sally El Hosaini’s immersive Netflix film
12. The Swimmers Makes a Splash on Netflix - Frederick Lantern
The movie The Swimmers, a Netflix original film gives us a raw, emotional, heroic feeling as we watch two young sisters from Syria make the journey to Europe.
Flashing back to 2016, the movie The Swimmers, a Netflix original film gives us a raw, emotional, heroic feeling as we watch two young sisters from Syria make the journey to Europe to put their hearts out in the pool. Two real-life sisters, Yusra Mardini (Nathalie Issa) and Sara Mardini (Manual Issa) are brave enough...
13. 'The Swimmers' Review: Hope Floats in This Mostly True Refugee Story
Sep 8, 2022 · At the end of “The Swimmers,” you could be excused for thinking that Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini won an Olympic gold medal. She didn't. That's ...
Director Sally El Hosaini retraces Yusra Mardini's journey from Damascus to the 2016 Olympics in feel-good Toronto Film Fest opener 'The Swimmers,' starring real-life sisters Nathalie and Manal Issa.
14. Is 'The Swimmers' Based on a True Story? Netflix Film Origins Explained
Nov 23, 2022 · Is 'The Swimmers' Based on a True Story? ... In short, yes. Yusra and Sara Mardini's journey from Damascus to Berlin as refugees really did take ...
"The Swimmers" follows sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini who flee war-torn Syria as refugees and make their way to Europe, hoping to enter the 2016 Rio Olympics.
15. The Swimmers - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide
The dramatized story of swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini, who fled Syria. The film tells of the destruction of their home and the decision to leave the ...
Find out how to watch The Swimmers. Stream The Swimmers, watch trailers, see the cast, and more at TV Guide
