The Swimmers (2022)

Directors

Sally El Hosaini

Cast

Nathalie Issa, Manal Issa, Ahmed Malek, Matthias Schweighöfer, James Floyd, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, Elmi Rashid Elmi

The story

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 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 reach 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 that carried…

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