Fourth Place 2015
Fourth Place 2015
1h 56min | Drama, Sport | 13 April 2016 (South Korea)
Storyline:
A former Asian Games record breaker and Olympic tryout, Kim Gwang-su, endures beatings, abuse, and constant ridicule from his swimming coach. To justify this abusive behavior, his coach constantly reminded Gwang-su – this is for your own good!
Waterboys 2001
Waterboys 2001
1h 31min | Comedy, Sport | 7 September 2001 (Canada)
Storyline:
In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the “real sportsmen”.
All Square 2018
TV-MA | 1h 33min | Drama | 12 October 2018 (USA)
Storyline:
A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and begins taking bets on his youth league baseball games, creating chaos in the community.
One on One 1977
1h 38min | Drama, Sport | 17 February 1978 (Finland)
Storyline:
Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the team, Henry is overwhelmed by the demands on his time, the “big business” aspect of college sports, and the fact that he never fully learned to read. Things look bleak for Henry when Janet Hays, a pretty graduate student, is assigned as Henry’s tutor. Her intellect and strength lift Henry out of his doldrums just in time to battle the coach, who attempts to rescind Henry’s scholarship.
L’homme que j’aime 1997
1h 31min | Drama, Romance, Sport | TV Movie 5 December 1997
Storyline:
This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters’ coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one’s beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto “Live each day of your life as if it were your last.”
