The Swimmers

May 26, 2022

0h 12m

★ 0.0

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History, work, sex, cinema, death and my older brother. An essay on what swimming pools mean in culture and the collective memories we have about them. Inspired by Ed Ruscha's swimming pool photographs.

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Documentary

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Cast

Narrador

Giancarlo Protti

Limpia piscinas

Pablo Mora

Madre

Helena Baruch

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