Sink or Swim (2018)
Language: French. Also known as Le Grand Bain.
Directed by Gilles Lellouche
Strangely, released the same year as a British film with the same plot, Swimming with Men, which I didn't dislike but this version is better. Heart warming. — Bill
Mathieu Amalric
Bertrand
Guillaume Canet
Laurent
Benoît Poelvoorde
Marcus
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Simon
Virginie Efira
Delphine
Leïla Bekhti
Amanda
Marina Foïs
Claire
Philippe Katerine
Thierry
Félix Moati
John
Alban Ivanov
Basile
Balasingham Thamilchelvan
Avanish
Jonathan Zaccaï
Thibault
Cast
- Mathieu Amalric as Bertrand
- Guillaume Canet as Laurent
- Benoît Poelvoorde as Marcus
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Simon
- Virginie Efira as Delphine
- Leïla Bekhti as Amanda
- Marina Foïs as Claire
- Philippe Katerine as Thierry
- Félix Moati as John
- Alban Ivanov as Basile
- Balasingham Thamilchelvan as Avanish
- Jonathan Zaccaï as Thibault
- Mélanie Doutey as Clem
- Noée Abita as Lola
- Claire Nadeau as Laurent's mother
- Caroline Grant as Bertrand's daughter
- Guillaume Cloud-Roussel as Son of Bertrand
- Mathieu Torloting as Romain, son of Laurent
- Arno Feffer as Roadie, Simon's manager
- Erika Sainte as Diane, Laurent's wife
- Vincent Darmuzey as Nicolas, employee of Piscin'Love
- Virgile Bramly as Delphine's companion
- Karim Adda as Host of the Gala
- Élodie Hesme as Marcus's lover
- Xavier Alcan as Speech therapist
- Stéphane Rouabah as Supermarket security guard
- Sami Zitouni as Supermarket security guard
- Vincent Varinier as Municipal policeman
- Pierre Pirol as Benoit Jacquot
- Xavier Claudon as Refectory employee
- Ibrahim Koma as Swimming pool technician
- Claire Conty as Bertrand's neighbor
- Sam Lellouche as Jean-Luc's colleague
- Édouard Rerolle as Boyfriend of Bertrand's son
- Charlotte Levy as Girl with glasses
- Maximilien Poullein as Championship announcer
- Fiorella Campanella as Girl who says "I never loved you"
- Alexandre Courtes as Husband of the couple of friends
- Emma Philippe as Wife of the couple of friends
- Hervé Colombel as Alcoholic Anonymous
- Roselyne Geslot as Alcoholic Anonymous
- John Fay as Swimmer
- Jean-Philippe Franqueville as Swimmer
- Tom Godefroy as Swimmer
- Sam Chemoul as Bertrand's son's friend (uncredited)
- Angélique Meyns as Hostess (uncredited)
- Michèle Clément as Cocktail Hostess (uncredited)
- Audrey Quoturi as Championship Hostess (uncredited)
- Anderz Eide as Norwegian policeman (uncredited)
- Christian Gazio as Couch client (uncredited)
- Sébastien Lozach as Bulgarian swimmer (uncredited)
- Bastien Pujol as Italian swimmer (uncredited)
- Ian McCamy as English coach (uncredited)
- Aude Thomas as Swimming pool employee (uncredited)
- Cidney Khosta as Bulgarian supporter (uncredited)
- Floriane Karger as (uncredited)
Crew
- Julien Lambroschini — Screenplay
- Ahmed Hamidi — Screenplay
- Elise Bouquet — Costume Design
- Reem Kuzayli — Costume Design
- Jon Brion — Original Music Composer
- Christian Alzieu — First Assistant Director
- Sandra Durando — Casting
- Simon Jacquet — Editor
- Corinne Maillard — Key Makeup Artist
- Florian Sanson — Production Design
- Camille Bougon-Pigneul — Set Decoration
- Patrick Quinet — Co-Producer
- Gwennolé Le Borgne — Supervising Sound Editor
- Stéphanie Guillon — Key Makeup Artist
- Cédric Deloche — Sound Mixer
- Marc Doisne — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Gilles Lellouche — Director
- Gilles Lellouche — Writer
- Alain Attal — Producer
- Hugo Sélignac — Producer
- Laurent Tangy — Director of Photography
- Philippe Logie — Associate Producer