Young Woman and the Sea
(2024)
★ 7.8 IMDb · 459 votes
Year: 2024
Runtime: 129 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Йоахим Реннинг
Cast: Дейзи Ридли, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Стивен Грэм, Ким Бодниа, Жанетт Хайн, Гленн Флешлер, Шан Клиффорд, Кристофер Экклстон, Ethan Rouse, Олив Элиз Аберкромби
Plot
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trek from France to England.
The daughter of a German butcher from Manhattan, Gertrude Ederle was a competitive swimmer who won gold in the 1924 Olympics when she decided to attempt crossing the channel. She undertook the feat after first swimming 22 miles from Battery Park in New York to Sandy Hook, NJ, setting a record that stood for 81 years. She contracted with two newspapers and sold her story, thereby financing her quest. There was actually a race among women who would be first to cross as only five men had done so before.