Swimming is a bittersweet and intimate look at friendship, love and growing up. The easy life of summertime in Myrtle Beach is turned upside down for one local girl when two strangers come to town: a beautiful temptress and a charming drifter.

一个关于友谊、爱情和成长的苦乐参半的私密故事。默特尔海滩夏季的轻松生活被一个当地女孩颠覆了，因为镇上来了两个陌生人：一个美丽的诱惑者和一个迷人的漂泊者。

一个关于友谊、爱情和成长的苦乐参半的私密故事。默特尔海滩夏季的轻松生活被一个当地女孩颠覆了，因为镇上来了两个陌生人：一个美丽的诱惑者和一个迷人的漂泊者。

一个月里面外婆与外公的相继离开，本应直接从北京回到长沙参加外公葬礼的安琪，却似乎只是一直朝着回家的方向，但对参加葬礼这件事避而不谈。她一路上去了很多曾经安慰过他的地方，谈起曾经在这些城市的恋人们，也谈起那件九死一生，令她生活发生天翻地覆变化的事。本片以一个女性成长的旅程，通过诗意和灰调的镜头语言，探索了三代男性角色对女性成长的影响，直面九零后独生子女面对爱与得失的处理方式，重新思考着自己与家的联系和与男性的关系。

一个月里面外婆与外公的相继离开，本应直接从北京回到长沙参加外公葬礼的安琪，却似乎只是一直朝着回家的方向，但对参加葬礼这件事避而不谈。她一路上去了很多曾经安慰过他的地方，谈起曾经在这些城市的恋人们，也谈起那件九死一生，令她生活发生天翻地覆变化的事。本片以一个女性成长的旅程，通过诗意和灰调的镜头语言，探索了三代男性角色对女性成长的影响，直面九零后独生子女面对爱与得失的处理方式，重新思考着自己与家的联系和与男性的关系。

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.

Unrelenting relationships of 3 teenagers that cycle through a gentle roar of the waves in a swimming pool. For them, this swimming pool is an escape; a new world where they can let go, and seize slight of happiness and freedom to take back home. When in truth, they might not even know where or what their 'homes' are, nor the meaning of 'happiness and freedom' in the real world, above those silent waves of water.

This is a heart-wrenching story about a happy-go-lucky 17 year-old boy with a passion for life and love. Under his free spirit are problems that he must deal with. His mother died, his alcoholic father is unapproachable, and ...the biggest problem of all... he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The only support he receives is from a sister who also lives a fractured life, his immature best friend, and his girlfriend. "Swimming Upstream" is a moving and honest look at life's painful realities and how this teen deals with them.