TIFF Review: Sally El Hosaini’s The Swimmers is both a powerful tale of perseverance and an average sports drama

Sally El Hosaini’s The Swimmers, which opened the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, is based on the true story of Yusra Mardini, who, along with her sister Sarah, fled Syria in 2015 and became a refugee. During the Aegean Sea crossing from Turkey to Lesbos, their dinghy, meant to carry only ...