Young Woman and the Sea
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.
Cast
Daisy Ridley
as Trudy Ederle
Tilda Cobham-Hervey
as Meg Ederle
Stephen Graham
as Bill Burgess
Kim Bodnia
as Henry Ederle
Jeanette Hain
as Gertrude Ederle
Glenn Fleshler
as James Sullivan
Sian Clifford
as Charlotte 'Eppy' Epstein
Christopher Eccleston
as Jabez Wolffe
Ethan Rouse
as Henry Jr. (Teen)
Olive Abercrombie
as Young Trudy Ederle
Reviews
CinemaSerf
On the face of it, it's a bit similar to last year's "Nyad", only I found this to be a more engaging depiction of the story of a young woman determined to struggle against not just the water, but of the societal limitations put upon her sex and assumed about her potential a mere century ago. As a yo...
r96sk
Disney back at it with the great sports biopics! I remember when I watched all of Disney's main release catalogue of way over 250 movies in 2020 I realised they had produced a tonne of biographical sports/drama films around the 00s... and they, for the most part, were all great movies! <em>'The G...
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
The extraordinary yet little known true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel, is brought to life in “Young Woman and the Sea,” from director Joachim Rønning. Ederle’s story is one that deserves to be told, and although it’s admittedly not the most interesti...
tmdb51616167
"Young Women and the Sea" is a recent film that had a brief run in theaters but is now primarily available on Disney+. The movie follows the inspiring story of a female swimmer who achieves the remarkable feat of becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel. It is a well-crafted fi...
