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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nathalie Issa, who plays Yusra. The Netflix movie "The Swimmers" tells the story of two sisters. They tease each other, as sisters do, and push each other's buttons.

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 ...

Sally El Hosaini’s drama The Swimmers, the true-life story of Syrian refugees-turned-Olympic athletes the Mardini sisters, will be the opening night film at the 18th Zurich International Film ...

Here’s how it works. The Swimmers, one of Netflix’s 2022 movie releases, tells the incredibly moving and empowering story of the Mardini sisters who were Syrian refugees that ended up ...