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Nov 23, 2022 · Yusra and Sara Mardini saved a boatful of fellow asylum seekers from drowning in the Aegean Sea. Now Netflix's 'The Swimmers' tells their story.
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- Armani Syed
Nov 23, 2022 · Netflix's film "The Swimmers" dramatizes the true story of sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini and their journey from war-torn Syria to Europe as refugees in 2015.
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- Roxy Simons
Nov 23, 2022 · This film dramatizes the story of two real-life sisters from Syria and their ordeal fleeing to Europe. One eventually competed at the Olympics.
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- Ben Kenigsberg
Sep 9, 2022 · Sally El Hosaini's 'The Swimmers' tells the true story of two sisters whose competitive swimming ambitions took them from war-torn Syria to Europe.
Aug 26, 2022 · The Swimmers will tell the story of two Syrian sisters who fled their war-torn home in Damascus, had to swim in choppy Mediterranean seas to reach the Greek island of Lesbos as asylum seekers before going on to compete in the pool at the Rio Olympic Games.
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Sep 9, 2022 · Sally El Hosaini’s “ The Swimmers ,” which opened the Toronto Film Festival and also opens Zurich Film Festival, is a true-life drama that gives festgoers something to cheer about.
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Nov 23, 2022 · We discuss the ending of the Netflix film The Swimmers, which will contain spoilers. What happened to Sara and Yusra? Let's dive in.