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Nayla Nassar, Edouard Pitula, Renaud De Saint Albin, Cécile Adant, Anaïs Sassatelli, Candice Behague · France · Drama / War / Animation · 7 min · 316K views

Directed by Anaïs Sassatelli, Cécile Adant, Renaud de Saint Albin, Candice Behauge, Nayla Nassar, Edouard Pitula · 2021

Beirut, 1982: as Nicolas prepares to flee his war-torn city, he meets Naji, a teenager determined to go swimming no matter the chaos around them.

An award-winning, breathless race through wartime Beirut that turns a swim into an act of freedom.

He just wanted to swim.

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