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Sink or Swim

Original title: Le grand bain
  • 20182018
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Sink or Swim (2018)
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ComedyDramaSport
A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.A depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
11K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
11,674
4,621
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    • Director
      • Gilles Lellouche
    • Writers
      • Ahmed Hamidi(screenplay)
      • Julien Lambroschini(screenplay)
      • Gilles Lellouche(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Mathieu Amalric
      • Guillaume Canet
      • Benoît Poelvoorde
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gilles Lellouche
    • Writers
      • Ahmed Hamidi(screenplay)
      • Julien Lambroschini(screenplay)
      • Gilles Lellouche(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Mathieu Amalric
      • Guillaume Canet
      • Benoît Poelvoorde
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 30User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 16 nominations

    Videos1

    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 0:43
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    Photos33

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    Mathieu Amalric
    Mathieu Amalric
    • Bertrand
    Guillaume Canet
    Guillaume Canet
    • Laurent
    Benoît Poelvoorde
    Benoît Poelvoorde
    • Marcus
    Jean-Hugues Anglade
    Jean-Hugues Anglade
    • Simon
    Virginie Efira
    Virginie Efira
    • Delphine
    Leïla Bekhti
    Leïla Bekhti
    • Amanda
    Marina Foïs
    Marina Foïs
    • Claire
    Philippe Katerine
    • Thierry
    Félix Moati
    Félix Moati
    • John
    Alban Ivanov
    • Basile
    Balasingham Thamilchelvan
    • Avanish
    Jonathan Zaccaï
    Jonathan Zaccaï
    • Thibault
    Mélanie Doutey
    Mélanie Doutey
    • Clem
    Noée Abita
    • Lola
    Claire Nadeau
    • La mère de Laurent
    Caroline Grant
    • La fille de Bertrand
    Guillaume Cloud-Roussel
    • Le fils de Bertrand
    Mathieu Torloting
    • Romain
    • Director
      • Gilles Lellouche
    • Writers
      • Ahmed Hamidi(screenplay)
      • Julien Lambroschini(screenplay)
      • Gilles Lellouche(dialogue) (screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Before the shooting, the actors trained for seven months, especially with Julie Fabre, former coach of the French Olympic synchronized swimming team. If the latter was initially skeptical, she told Gilles Lellouche that things would finally be able to be done after three weeks.
    • Goofs
      Right after the counting sequence ("1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8"), Amanda's lips in the long shot do not match her yelling.
    • Connections
      Featured in Entrée Libre: Episode dated 5 November 2018 (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Everybody Wants To Rule The World
      Written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes

      Performed by Tears for Fears

    User reviews30

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    8/10
    men in water
    The very fact of making a movie about men in these years when women's films are the focus of attention is a proof of originality from the director and co-scriptwriter Gilles Lellouche, better known as an actor and only at his second film after a pause of 14 years. Even more, the heroes are not comics characters or super-spies saving the world, neither great thinkers, politicians, or other celebrities of the day, but rather a collection of middle-aged men, each with its problems and failures, who find their escapist refuge in practicing one of the most feminine possible sports - synchronized (or artistic) swimming. And no, none of them is gay, this is not the theme of 'Le Grand Bain'.

    The subject is taken from a real case in Sweden, and in parallel with the French movie, an English film that I have not seen yet has also been produced and released to screens. As it often happens, the label 'inspired by a true story' is a good excuse for situations and a story that seem incredible at first sight or hearing. The model is of course 'The Full Monty' which I liked a lot about 20 years ago. The story has an air of deja vu, but paradoxically this does not matter because the approach is light and empathic. Each of the heroes comes with his personal history and the problems of each of the characters are gradually revealed in a well-orchestrated chaining alertly edited together. The common denominator is the need to compensate for the professional or family failures of each of the heroes with the sporting teamwork in which eight or ten personal failures can be gathered to create collective success by accepting the differences and rejecting the macho patterns of the surrounding society.

    Gilles Lellouche gathers some of the most popular of his fellow actors in this film. I viewed with great pleasure, as always, Mathieu Amalric and Benoît Poelvoorde, two of my preferred actors in the francophone space. I also liked the interpretation of Philippe Katerine whom I knew less. There are also some less explored threads that could have been developed (the Sri Lankan team mate - the only 'stranger' in the team, the stories of the two girls), but on the other hand maybe it's better that the film does not try to to send too many messages risking to dilute in too many directions. As it stands now, 'Le Grand Bain' is a humorous and empathetic film which succeeds in conveying a credible and important "feel-good" message, despite the routine or lack of credibility of some of the details.
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    • What language does the character played by Balasingham Thamilchelvan speaks? It doesn't sound like French to me, but then again I'm all but fluent in the language?

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official Site (Australia)
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • Sinhala
      • Norwegian
    • Also known as
      • Nadando por un sueño
    • Filming locations
      • Piscine Municipale - Avenue Thiers, Le Raincy, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
    • Production companies
      • Trésor Films
      • Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
      • Cool Industrie
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $39,208,480
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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