TIFF: Fest Opener ‘The Swimmers’ Receives 4-Minute Standing Ovation The Toronto audience rose to their feet for Lebanese actresses and real-life sisters, Manal and Nathalie Issa, and sisters ...

In Netflix ’s The Swimmers, Nathalie Issa and Manal Issa — Lebanese actors and sisters in real life — play the roles of Yusra and Sara Mardini, swimming sisters who fled Syria as refugees ...

From our interview with Nathalie Issa. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Among Netflix’s 2022 releases is a film called The ...

Above : Real-life sisters Manal and Nathalie Issa star in the Netflix movie “The Swimmers.” (Photo/Netflix) Movie review : “The Swimmers,” directed and co-written by Sally El Hosami ...