The Swimmers is now on Netflix and, despite a deluge of movies available every day on the streamer, this is one that viewers are paying special attention to. An inspiring tale based on the real ...

8. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The Working Title and Netflix drama The Swimmers, about real-life sisters on an inspiring odyssey as refugees from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics ...

Sally El Hosaini’s Netflix movie The Swimmers will be making its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival as the opening-night film on September 8 at Roy Thomson Hall. The pic, based on a ...

The artistic pride swimmers gathered in Arlington Wednesday.

This review originally ran September 8, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The last decade has seen a plethora of movies about the crisis ...

This film dramatizes the story of two real-life sisters from Syria and their ordeal fleeing to Europe. One eventually competed at the Olympics. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an ...

The movie condenses the story in order to fit it ... Read on for a breakdown of The Swimmers true story, including how accurate The Swimmers is to the true story of Yusra and Sara Mardini.

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 ...

"This year marks the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the movie that portrayed the ocean’s apex predator as a 'monster,' sparking ...

Netflix also stated that the movie received “a 4-minute long standing ovation from the audiences at the Toronto film festival,” further piquing my interest. “The Swimmers” is a movie you must go back ...

By Michael Rechtshaffen Both adversity and triumph are in abundant supply in Sally El Hosaini’s The Swimmers, an undeniably powerful if inescapably episodic drama chronicling the harrowing ...

He’s doing it for the sharks. Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh set out Thursday to attempt the first-ever swim around Martha’s Vineyard where the blockbuster movie “Jaws” was filmed 50 years ago.