Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 2 - 10, 2010

The Big Bad Swim
( The Big Bad Swim )

Colour, DIGIBETA
USA, 2006, 93 min
Section: Forum of Independents
Film trailer: Higher quality | Lower quality

Director: Ishai Setton
Screenplay: Daniel Schechter
Dir. of Photography: Josh Silfen
Music: Chad Kelly
Designer: Valerie Green
Editor: Ian B. Wile
Producer: Ishai Setton, Chandra Simon
Production: Setton Sun Productions
Sales: Echo Bridge Entertainment
Contact: Setton Sun Productions

Cast

Paget Brewster, Jeff Branson, Jess Weixler, Ricky Ullman

Synopsis

An eccentric comedy following the antics of members of an adult swimming class. Amy, a middle-aged high-school teacher is going through a divorce. One of her students is filming a documentary about his croupier-by-day / stripper-by-night sister Jordan, who’s also in the class. Jordan has the hots for handsome swimming instructor Noah, an ex-Olympic hopeful, who’s haunted and depressed by failure. There are also other phobic wannabe swimmers: a local cop, an elderly woman, an eccentric mother-daughter duo and many others with their own interesting secrets. In the end, the film becomes a story about people seeking happiness and overcoming their fears. Not everyone makes it through the class, but those who do come to realize that life isn’t about learning to swim, but about forcing yourself to get in the water every once in a while.

About the director

Ishai Setton (Houston, Texas) graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His short film The Butcher and the Housewife has screened at many festivals and won Best Comedy Short at the Houston International Film Festival. Setton served as producer on the feature-length documentary Ocho Candelas, winner of the Joyce Award for Achievement in Documentary. The Big Bad Swim is Ishai’s feature-length directorial debut.

Film Guests

Ishai Setton

Contacts

Setton Sun Productions
515 5th Street #1R Brooklyn, 11215 New York
USA
Tel: +1 347 223 4796
Fax: +1 347 223 4796
E-mail: information@settonsun.com