: The film begins in 2011, showing the sisters training as elite swimmers under their father’s guidance while the Syrian Civil War looms in the background.
The 2022 Netflix film tells the incredible true story of Syrian sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini, whose flight from war-torn Damascus to Europe captured global attention. Directed by Sally El Hosaini, the movie focuses on their survival and Yusra's eventual journey to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Plot Summary
: Yusra, Sara, and two other refugees jump into the water and swim for over three hours, physically towing the boat to safety on the island of Lesbos.
: The film begins in 2011, showing the sisters training as elite swimmers under their father’s guidance while the Syrian Civil War looms in the background.
The 2022 Netflix film tells the incredible true story of Syrian sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini, whose flight from war-torn Damascus to Europe captured global attention. Directed by Sally El Hosaini, the movie focuses on their survival and Yusra's eventual journey to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Plot Summary The Swimmers
: Yusra, Sara, and two other refugees jump into the water and swim for over three hours, physically towing the boat to safety on the island of Lesbos. : The film begins in 2011, showing the
