The Swimmers, review: the rousing true story of two sisters who fled Syria and found fame at the Olympics Sara Mardini Yusra Mardini

Sally El Hosaini’s dramatisation of the lives of Sara Mardini and Yusra Mardini is a sports drama with more at stake than individual glory

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