Description

The Swimmer 2021
1h 23m | Drama | 30 August 2021 (Israel)
Storyline:Sees the discriminative tendencies in sports against LGBTQ people, and how a sportsman learns to accept and love himself despite that.User review:I saw this film at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2021 and didn’t always follow the story but did enjoy the final race and how that was presented.Unfortunately, the screening was a focus of protests aimed at drawing attention to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis and a few points the screening had to be stopped while protestors were removed from the cinema.As the film doesn’t comment on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, I was surprised it had drawn such attention. What the film does comment on is topics I have seen better covered in other films and TV, Topics like sport people finding their identity and coping with the pressures of elite competition, I think Barracuda (TV Mini Series 2016) has a lot of similarities to this film and having more time as a mini series covers the themes better.I was confused by the view point of the “Adults” in this film and I am not sure why the coach, assistant coach, house supervisor and the parents are presented this way. This is an enjoyable watch if you want to see young adults in speedos and the last section resolves the storylines well and includes a run representation of the swim race.
Director: Adam Kalderon
Writer: Adam Kalderon
Stars: Omer Perelman Striks, Asaf Jonas, Nadia Kucher
Country of origin: Israel
Language: Hebrew
IMDB Profile tt15041866