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Swimmer (2012)

6.9/10 0h 17m Jun 24, 2012
Drama

A young man swims across the rivers and lakes of Britain to a soundtrack of assorted nationalistic music. As he passes people on the banksides including children, lovers and a tramp their thoughts and conversations are also heard. Ultimately, after walking through a wood at night, the boy returns to the water and appears to sink below the surface.

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Movie Details

Original Title Swimmer
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1

Cast

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Tom Litten
The Swimmer
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No Photo" alt="Niall Burton" class="cast-photo">
Niall Burton
Child Swimmer
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No Photo" alt="Curtis Coker" class="cast-photo">
Curtis Coker
Child Swimmer
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No Photo" alt="Tony Heirs" class="cast-photo">
Tony Heirs
Child Swimmer
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No Photo" alt="Charlie Likeman" class="cast-photo">
Charlie Likeman
Child Swimmer
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Joshua Coleman
Joshua Coleman
Boy
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No Photo" alt="Samuel Harry Hockday" class="cast-photo">
Samuel Harry Hockday
Boy
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No Photo" alt="Kit Johnson" class="cast-photo">
Kit Johnson
Boy
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No Photo" alt="Caleb Powel Lindon-Emms" class="cast-photo">
Caleb Powel Lindon-Emms
Boy
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No Photo" alt="Gabriel Ronnie Lindon-Emms" class="cast-photo">
Gabriel Ronnie Lindon-Emms
Boy
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No Photo" alt="Joshua John Lindon-Emms" class="cast-photo">
Joshua John Lindon-Emms
Boy
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No Photo" alt="Jasper Martin" class="cast-photo">
Jasper Martin
Boy
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Key Crew

Director Lynne Ramsay
Executive Producer Joe Oppenheimer, Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear
Editor Adam Biskupski
Producer Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw

Production

Warp Films
GB
Film4 Productions
GB
BBC Film
GB
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Image Gallery

Backdrops
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Keywords

woman director short film

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Jun 25, 2025

Quite near the end, there is a monochrome sequence as Tom Litten swims across a loch, or a lake, with the sun setting behind him whilst Vaughan Williams’s “…Thomas Tallis” is playing that is simply gorgeous to look at. Indeed, much of this is an attractive watch as this young man swims the w ... Read more

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Details
Release Date June 24, 2012
Runtime 0h 17m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1
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