My attention was recently drawn to a French movie titled 'Welcome' by Philippe Lioret. Briefly the story relates to a Kurdish male who wants to get into England, the red tape and complications result in him locating a swimming teacher and the subsequent plan to swim to England (wearing a wetsuit). There have been a number of good reviews, though I doubt any of these viewers are actually swimmers. The trailer is
here.
From what I have seen it will be worth a watch but will not be a patch on my favourite Channel Swim production, the true and tragic
Two Swimmers. I still have this on VHS from when it aired in the UK on Channel 4 in 2007. I have mentioned this documentary previously however it remains one of the most compelling pieces of TV I have ever seen.
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I caught this film recently on French Cable (in SF US)and I agree that it was a very thought provoking well done, well acted and multidimensional movie.
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