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New Trailer for Refugee Drama THE SWIMMERS

New Trailer for Refugee Drama THE SWIMMERS
The true story comes to UK cinemas and Netflix this month.

Directed by Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil) and co-written with Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes), The Swimmers tells the true story of Yusra and Sarah Mardini (Manal Issa, Nathalie Issa), two sisters who went from being Syrian refugees to competing at the 2016 Olympics.

Ahmed Malek, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, James Krishna Floyd and Elmi Rashid Elmi also star.

The Swimmers is in UK cinemas from November 11th and on Netflix from November 23rd.

Check out the new trailer below.




The official synopsis reads:

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 champion swimming skills to heroic use.