Another film about a middle-aged uncle dealing with a mid-life crisis, still with British humor. This time, it is the story of the uncles entering another traditional women's project - the synchronized swimming team. The film presents various British uncles with fat belly, faded tattoos, deep forehead lines, and many familiar faces. , looks very affectionate. The members each have their own lives, and they gather together in this club to keep warm and face the mid-life crisis together. In the words of the uncles, what they show is the gradual fading of power in an elegant way.
The same midlife crisis, the same fear of growing old, and the fear of failure, the power of the group taught the male protagonist how to stop escaping, taught me to cherish what I have in life, and taught me not to regret what I don't have.
British men are also very good at organizing club culture. This uncle's synchronized swimming team also has 5 team rules. It feels very suitable for various groups and organizations in work and life. As follows: Rule one: No one talks about swim club. What goes in the pool, stays in the pool. Rule two: For one hour a week, we swim together as a unit for each other. All reasonable endeavor should be made to ensure attendance. Rule three: Your private life is that. Leave it at the door. no asking, no telling. Rule four: The club shall actively promote the sport as a doping-free activity. Rule five: We're as strong as our weakest member. That is strong enough.
The high-definition underwater photography used this time shows the male protagonist's state of releasing pressure and immersing himself underwater. This is the first shot that made me want to learn to swim.
The music that the uncles used to participate in the World Championships is also very strong, James Brown's It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World, the lyrics are as follows:
This is a man's world, this is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl You see, man made the cars to take us over the road Man made the train to carry the heavy load Man made electric light to take us out of the dark Man made the boat for the water, like Noah made the ark This is a man's, man's, man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl Man thinks about our little bitty baby girls and our baby boys Man made them happy, 'cause man made them toys And after man make everything, everything he can You know that man makes money, to buy from other man This is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing, not one little thing, without a woman or a girl He's lost in the wilderness He's lost in bitterness, he's lost lost
In 2010, Sweden made a documentary called Men Who Swim , which recorded the story of the champion team Sweden in the world championship. In 2018, France also made a film of the same theme: Sink or Swim in the large bath . According to the comments of Douyou who have seen the French version, "the English version is more direct about mid-life crisis and mourning, while the French version is much more naive and idealized."
The reason why it has attracted so much attention is that it turns out that men's synchronized swimming is no longer a matter of small troubles. And at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, we will see international teams competing in this competition. It is meaningful to break the so-called tradition, create a diverse world, and change the concept of sports. You can see a man with an inverted triangle figure dancing in the water with a female swimmer.
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