The Swirl
2016, Spanish. Directed by Laura Herrero Garvín.
El Remolino is a tiny community on the banks of the widest river in Mexico, it is home to unusual characters whose lives oscillate between an attachment to the paradise like surroundings and the uncertainty that looms year after year, when high floods cover their community. El Remolino is a reflection upon the human capacity to adapt and coexist with nature's changes.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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The Swirl is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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- Released
- 9 August 2016
- Original title
- El Remolino
- Country
- Mexico
- Written by
- Laura Herrero Garvín
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The Swirl runs 75 minutes (1h 15m).
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Which OTT platform is The Swirl on?
The Swirl is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Swirl?
If you liked The Swirl, try The Mole Agent, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, A Toxic Love Story.
Who directed The Swirl?
The Swirl (2016) was directed by Laura Herrero Garvín.