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THE SWIMMERS

Los nadadores

Directed by Charlie López
Costa Rica, 2022
Documentary, Short
  • 1212 minutes

Synopsis

A series of vignettes using archival footage set around swimming pools unpicks the pool’s role in contemporary life from class issues to work, leisure, sex, and tragedy.

Synopsis

A series of vignettes using archival footage set around swimming pools unpicks the pool’s role in contemporary life from class issues to work, leisure, sex, and tragedy.

Our take

Folding memoir, etymological study, and archival excavation into an opalescent short, Charlie López lends an inquiring eye to the myriad functions of the swimming pool. Inspired by Ed Ruscha’s iconic photography, The Swimmers siphons aquatic reveries from the collective cultural consciousness.