Los nadadores
Charlie López | 12 MIN | Costa Rica
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SYNOPSIS
Loosely based on Ed Ruscha’s photography book “Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass”, this is an essay about swimming pools: the ideas we have of them and what they can mean for the culture and collective memories. A playful exploration between class dilemmas, work, leisure, sex, and tragedy.
GALLERY
SPECIFICATIONS
| International title | The Swimmers |
| Director | Charlie López |
| Screenplay | Charlie López |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Year | 2022 |
| Length | 12′ |
| Language | Spanish |
| Subtitles | Catalan |
| Production | – |
DIRECTOR
Yupeng He
Charlie López (San José, 1999) is a Costarican filmmaker and editor. He’s currently graduating from the Véritas Film School in San José, Costa Rica. “The Swimmers” is his first project outside of film school.
FILMOGRAPHY: Opera prima
FESTIVALS
Bucharest International Film Festival
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