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1) Pride
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of inner city Philadelphia swim coach Jim Ellis. The story revolves around Ellis' fight to build a swim team in one of Philly's toughest neighborhoods in the 1970s. Ultimately, Ellis leads the swimmers to the state championships.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Swedish
Description
Unemployed, divorced, and estranged from his daughter, Frederik is stuck in Loserville with no hope of getting back on the right track. His luck changes when a botched prank gives him the idea to mold his motley buddies into Sweden's only all-male synchronized swimming team, with the World Cup finals in Berlin as the seemingly unattainable goal.
4) Beyto
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him to their home village and plan his wedding with Seher, his childhood friend. Suddenly, Beyto finds himself in a disruptive love triangle. A subtle, summerly sensuous love story about three young people.
5) Swimfan
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
High school senior Ben Cronin has it all: good friends, a devoted girlfriend, and the chance of getting a Stanford swimming scholarship. A chance encounter with a sexy new student turns Ben's life into the ultimate nightmare as her obsession quickly spins out of control and that includes betrayal, revenge, madness and even murder.
6) The swimmer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
עברית
Description
After arriving at a training camp that will lead to the Olympics for a swimming competition winner, a young man becomes attracted to one of the other competitors and decides to pursue his feelings despite warnings from the coach who doesn't believe in friendship among competitors.
7) Swim team
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What would one do if their community gave up on a child? The parents of a boy on the autism spectrum take matters into their own hands, forming a competitive swim team, recruiting teens on the spectrum and training them with high expectations and zero pity. Watch the extraordinary rise of the Jersey Hammerheads, capturing a moving quest for inclusion, independence, and a life that feels winning.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Czech
Description
"After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens before her. Brona's team-mates absorb her into their team and Hana gradually learns to overcome her fear of icy water. Her relation with Brona grows into love." --
Series
Criterion collection volume 578
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
2 DVD special édition.
Language
Français
Description
Even among cinema's greatest legends, Jean Vigo stands alone. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis at age twenty-nine. Like the daring early works of his contemporaries Jean Cocteau and Luis Buñuel, Vigo's films refused to play by the rules. This set includes all of Vigo's titles--Container.
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11) Watermarks
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
The story of the surviving members of the Viennese Hakoah sports club women's swim team, a world-dominating competitor in the 1930s. The club was eventually shut down during Hitler's reign, though all the women managed to escape capture. Combines historical footage and contemporary interviews to reconnect the women's lives and memories.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Thrill of a romance: A war hero takes swimming lessons in order to woo the instructor. Fiesta: A woman disguises herself as a matador to fill in for her brother. This time for keeps: A veteran falls in love with a swimmer. Pagan love song: A love story set on Tahiti. Million dollar mermaid: Dramatizes the life of Annette Kellerman. Easy to love: A water skier falls in love with her agent.
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