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Nov 23, 2022 · Based on Yusra's autobiography Butterfly, The Swimmers is an authentic portrayal of her crossing to Europe, including the moment Yusra and Sara jumped out of an overcrowded, sinking dinghy into ...
Jan 11, 2023 · Sara jumped first. “The men were sitting on the boat, and she was in the water,” Yusra remembers. Yusra was the next to jump. For three and a half hours, the Mardini sisters swam alongside the boat until everyone reached the shore of Lesbos, Greece. There, they undertook a long and dangerous journey through Europe until they made it to Germany.
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The conditions in Syria were quite similar (or probably worse) by 2015 when the decision was taken by the Mardinis to send Yusra and Sarah to Europe along with two of their cousins. It can be said though that The Swimmers did leave a few details about the conditions under which Yusra and Sarah were sent away from Syria. A detail that the film doesn...
The journey of the sisters to Europe is portrayed quite realistically in the movie. The journey, which took 25 days, started with the sisters taking a flight from Damascus via Lebanon to Turkey. Upon reaching Turkey, they got in touch with a smuggler who helped them reach Mytilene, the capital of the Greek island Lesbos. Much like what's shown in t...
Sarah told Vogue that she worried the most about Mustafa, a 6-year-old who was accompanying them. In The Swimmers, this is portrayed in essence with a child shown to be onboard. After more than three hours, they were finally able to touch land when they reached the island of Lesbos. During the journey, the movie also shows that they got in touch wi...
In the film, Yusra is seen promising her father that she will continue to train when she reaches Berlin. In reality, she did keep her promise. Upon discovering about a local swimming club, Wasserfreunde Spandau 04, from an interpreter at the refugee camp, Sarah and Yusra managed to get a tryout for themselves. At the club, they met Sven Spannekrebs...
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Dec 13, 2022 · Manal embodies Sara Mardini, the older and rebellious sister, fierce and prone to partying, who begins to question the point of still swimming as many of her friends die and the rest flee to Europe.
Jan 10, 2023 · Yet, halfway across the sea, the overcrowded rubber dinghy begins to take on water, just as the engine starts to falter. Nizar tries to use his one year of studying engineering to restart the motor, to no avail. Instead, Sara and Yusra jump into the water, relieving the boat of their weight and tying themselves to it with rope to pull it to safety.
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Nov 29, 2022 · UK. The Swimmers is the latest film to shoot up Netflix’s top ten list thanks to its extremely emosh and inspiring story line. Based in 2015, sisters and championship swimmers Yusra and Sara ...
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Nov 23, 2022 · It took Yusra and Sara 25 days to get from Syria to Germany, with the first portion of their trip taking place via flights then by boat to Greece. “Then it was by foot, we walked, used buses ...
