This story is based on real events and shows part of what the Israeli siege in Syria causes.
The confrontation between Syria and Israel has changed the lives of the population enormously. It is normal for people to flee Syria and seek refuge in other countries in the face of the imminent bombardment of civil society by the Israeli armed forces.
This movie, Available on Netflix It is based on that conflict, and particularly on 2 swimming sisters with the possibility of traveling to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
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What is The Swimmers, a Netflix movie, about?
Yusra and Sarah Mardini are two sisters who lived in Syria and fled to Europe to survive because their country was devastated by war. In a very precarious way, they did it on a boat full of people with all kinds of difficulties, trying to reach the coasts of Greece.
A demonstration of the sisters’ swimming prowess was given when the weight of the boat seemed to make it sink, and they got out halfway and They reached the coast by swimmingenabling the people in the boat to stay afloat. In Europe, they gained the opportunity to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Trailer for The Swimmers, a Netflix movie
Cast of The Swimmers, Netflix movie
- Nathalie Issa (Yusra Mardini)
- Manal Issa (Sarah Mardini)
- Matthias Schweighöfer (Sven)
- Ahmed Malek (Nizar)
- Kinda Alloush (Mervat Mardini)
Source: Ambito
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