Sink or Swim
Le Grand Bain
2018FranceLanguage: frDirected by Gilles Lellouche★ 6.9
Available in English: subtitled
40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication he gulps down all day, every day, and his wife's encouragement, he is unable to find any meaning in his life. Curiously, he will end up finding this sense of purpose at the swimming pool, by joining an all-male synchronised swimming team.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedywarmmelancholichopeful
Pacing
episodicslow burnescalating
Story
competitionunravelingjourney
Emotion
grieffiguring out who you arebelongingthe family you chooseredemption
Themes
family wounds passed downmen and women navigating expectationsfamily duty
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaserdiscussion starteremotionally wrecking
Violence
none