"I said forget about it. I’m not gonna swim," Nathalie Issa told a Toronto Film Festival presser on Friday before she and her sister trained in a pool for their performances. By Etan Vlessing ...

Manal Issa and Nathalie Issa, real life sisters who play a pair of Olympic swimming hopefuls, also sisters, said they weren’t at all aquatic when cast in the Sally El Hosaini film ‘The ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE SWIMMERS") MANAL ISSA: (As Sara) By the way, it's not a dinner. It's your surprise birthday party. NATHALIE ISSA: (As Yusra) I hate you. M ISSA: (As Sara) Just don't ruin ...

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 ...

Manal and Nathalie Issa as Sarah and Yusra Mardini in ‘The Swimmers’ Netflix Nathalie was persuaded to join her sister in doing a screen test. “I saw the sisterly chemistry between them then ...

The Gist: In 2015, sisters Yusra (Nathalie Issa) and Sara (Manal Issa) Mardini are competitive swimmers in Syria as the country collapses into civil war. They see the writing on the wall and start ...

Film producers were lining up in 2016 to secure rights to the life story of professional swimmers Yusra and Sara Mardini, but the sisters turned down multiple offers. The siblings were known for ...

Manal Issa says Netflix should have cast Syrian actors and did not do justice to the real story Actor Manal Issa, right, pictured with sister and co-star Nathalie Issa, says she was not completely ...

Syrian siblings Yusra (Nathalie Issa, left) and Sara (Manal Issa) seek a way out of their war-torn homeland in "The Swimmers." Emotionally satisfying if not completely cohesive, director Sally El ...