21 miles and a nice day for a swim... Experience the incredible true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Daisy Ridley stars as the accomplished swimmer who was born to immigrant parents in New York City in 1905. 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 staggering achievement -- a 21-mile trek from France to England.
Directed by Joachim Ronning, the film stars Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fleshler, Jeanette Hain
Experience the incredible true story of "Young Woman and the Sea", in select cinemas on 31st May.
Directed by Joachim Ronning, the film stars Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fleshler, Jeanette Hain
Experience the incredible true story of "Young Woman and the Sea", in select cinemas on 31st May.
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00:00I know you've thought about it.
00:09How far is it across?
00:11It's 21 miles across.
00:13Currents changing every few hours.
00:15Freezing water, the hardest test in all of sport.
00:20Do you think I could do it?
00:23Do you think I can?
00:25I've decided to swim the English Channel.
00:27What do you mean?
00:29I'm going to swim the English Channel.
00:30No, I'm saying...
00:32I wasn't asking.
00:33Please pass the bread.
00:37A woman.
00:38She won't get past the seventh male.
00:40I believe she'll die in that water.
00:42You know most men believe that we're too weak to compete.
00:45And what if I make it?
00:46Then they got a serious problem.
00:48The thing you love most, it terrifies me.
00:51I can't imagine if something happens to you.
00:56They're rooting against you, Trudy.
00:59They want the water to win.
01:02I came all this way.
01:04Might as well see England.
01:19There's no going back.
01:22Come on, girl.
01:23Kick your feet!
01:32I need you to promise me something.
01:34Don't let anyone take me out of the water.
01:36No matter what.
01:42Six miles in.
01:43She's slowing down.
01:46They don't want us to be heroes.
01:47They don't want us to be anything.
01:53Jellyfish!
01:54She's gonna have to swim through.
01:59Trudy, you don't have to do this.
02:04I don't know.
02:05Seems like a nice day for a swim.