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Sink or Swim

Special Events 2018 / Le grand bain / France 2018

Downcast Bertrand is suffering a midlife crisis. When he answers an ad placed by a group looking for a new member for their male synchronised swimming team (we’re talking aquabeaux here), he has no idea that the amateur squad will not only bring him new friends but also a new lease of life. A comedy about holding your breath for as long as it takes to ensure life goes swimmingly.

Sink or Swim Sink or Swim

Synopsis

Downcast Bertrand is suffering a midlife crisis. When he answers an ad placed by a group looking for a new member for their male synchronised swimming team (we’re talking aquabeaux here), he has no idea that he'll be treading water with a truly colourful bunch of lovable outcasts. The team – all sagging muscles and thinning hair and each with his own particular set of problems – is aiming for high-level competition. French director Gilles Lellouche made a splash at this year’s Cannes festival with a hugely entertaining and moving comedy about dreams that can come true even if we don’t dare believe in them.

Anna Kořínek

About the film

122 min / Color, DCP

Director Gilles Lellouche / Screenplay Gilles Lellouche, Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini / Dir. of Photography Laurent Tangy / Music Jon Brion / Editor Simon Jacquet / Art Director Florian Sanson / Producer Alain Attal, Hugo Sélignac / Production Les Productions du Trésor, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions / Cast Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Efira, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Marina Foïs, Noée Abita, Mélanie Doutey / Sales Studiocanal / Distributor Bohemia Motion Pictures, a.s.

About the director

Gilles Lellouche

Gilles Lellouche (b. 1972). Filmography: 2 minutes 36 de bonheur (1996, short), Pourkoi…passkeu (2002, short), Narco (2004), The Players (Les infidèles, 2012 – segment “Las Vegas”)

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Bohemia Motion Pictures, a.s.
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50 rue Camille Desmoulins, 928 63, Issy les Moulineaux Cedex 9
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Phone: +33 892 393 910
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