SWIM | Omeleto

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A swimmer tries out. A.J., a young, naive but extremely determined young swimmer, fights to get a spot on the top swim team in the nation. Despite his youth, he is clearly driven to forward himself in his sport. But the head coach of the team is skeptical and even hostile, even after A.J. offers a convincing display of his talents and ability. But Coach Moss offers A.J. one last test to prove his mental toughness and mettle. But the dangerous, even cruel, trial may find A.J. sacrificing a crucial part of himself, all in the name of moving up in his sport. Director Verner Maldonado, with Matthew Schlissel, is a compact, powerfully plotted drama that takes advantage of its tight narrative scope to ratchet up tension and suspense. A pressure cooker of a sports story, the film uses beautifully naturalistic but dynamic camerawork (including fantastic underwater footage) and brisk editing to capture the course of one swim practice, creating the sense of a sealed-off world with rules and laws of its own. The story starts right away in confrontation mode, as A.J. demands a trial to get onto the team. Beyond his undeniable talent, he also shows great chutzpah and initiative. His coach, however, doesn't take kindly to it, increasing his ire towards A.J. The vivid, concise writing and excellent performances by actors Charles Parnell as Coach Moss and Michael Blake Kruse as A.J. bring precision to each specific beat of the growing conflict, as well A.J.'s growing conflicted emotio

Published 2019-04-26 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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