Young Woman and the Sea
Young Woman and the Sea
In ‘Young Woman and the Sea’, Daisy Ridley has no qualms in going to war against jellyfishes and patriarchy alike with such feistiness and flair.
In this riveting biopic, Ridley plays the role of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to make the journey of swimming the English channel. Ederle achieved this milestone in 1926 – almost a century before the open water swim she performed, as shown in the film Nyad, which received an Oscar nomination, though comparisons cannot be avoided.
This is because, for example, nutrition for athletes has much advanced compared to those days. No one was hoisting ‘tea and fried chicken nets’ to Diana Nyad as she battled to swim 100 miles, from Cuba to Florida.
That is one of the most interesting but typically annoying aspects of director Joachim Rønning’s film, based on Glenn Stout’s book having the same title: The extent to which the men who run this sport have got it all absolutely wrong regarding the requisites of Ederle and other women athletes for training, competing and succeeding. Moreover, they do not seem to have a flicker of interest in doing so. Most are plain abusive and derisive even to Olympians. But as girls, we do get things done and Ederle always does.
Her sharp tongue and a fierce sense of self keep her afloat when flattery becomes overdrive; even in this film, the same fierce spark which we saw in in Ridley as Rey in the last three episodes of ‘Star Wars’ trilogy is still burning hot.
“Young Woman and the Sea” is an inspiring film for other young women to watch, and even more so for those looking to pursue sports. Nonetheless, themes of bravery and tenacity should appeal to anyone who has attempted to pursue an objective. Here R nning has achieved quite a trick: a sports movie filled with positive emotions that stirs the heart without straying into the territory of the soap opera.
There is also the aspect of suspense adventure as well. It’s easy to understand why the Norwegian director of “Kon-Tiki,” which was nominate for an Oscar in 2012, brings us into sea film action feeling like Ederle dashes through the water.
The way she swims over a field of jelly fish colored bright red makes very exciting scenes and we clearly see the enormity of her panic and suffocation as once it became dark, it was time for her to swim to the beaches of Dover without any help and it was deep and very lonely and only the shallows remained.
Oscar Faura, a cinematographer known for “The Impossible” or “The Imitation Game”, competently shows, for instance, in the case of Ederle — her dusty, working-class existence and its on the other hand, the bright, warming, sunny seabed of the English Channel.
More relevant, when the audience is first introduced to Ederle as a frail sick child in New York in the year, in the year 1914, she’s almost about to give in to measles. The cute Olive Abercrombie has previously appeared to her undaunted and determined pre-teen self who in order to realize her wish of becoming a swimmer out whatever the rest of the people said this is unheard of for girls, earning herself the wrath of her conservative German immigrant father (Kim Bodnia) who scolds her continuously.
Trudy’s teenage years are played by Ridley Tilda Cobham-Hervey Helen Reddy in the biopic I Am Woman played Trudy’s elder sister Meg. (They play the sister roles quite well and get along great but it is so distracting seeing both actresses looking quite snug and fit with the body of their characters who are way younger than them.)
Their dignified and fiercely individualistic mom Jeanette Hain firmly believes that both kids should grow up to be swimmers which fuels the familiar training montage sequences of course in a small indoor pool with Lottie Epstein Sian Clifford hilariously dotting out orders.
By master of purple patches Jeff Nathanson Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, Young Woman and the Sea is another bitter-sweet incident. Scull’s father Trudy being both a butcher’s daughter and an athlete hardened is present more comprehensively than even any of the characters expected.
References to such turning points candidly ignore the real facts. Everyone regards her on the decision she made; the plan in marrying the nice German boy who is her husband, the environment she would probably be content in spending all her days- and does not hesitate to turn her back on the circumstances.
Dressed in a sleevess red top and shorts, she finds her way into a hotel bar in that French costal town which is the starting point for the 21mile swim and one can already tell she will swim just fine even before getting into the water.
Along with the alcoholic strong men, there are some distinguishing features about Stephen Graham and Alexander Karim in the parts of brand competitors who recognize the insanity in her and it becomes impossible for them to push her away.
The journey is the chief objective and function of the video, and in this case, it is completely true. The initial reaction to this crude approach to reporting her attempts to swim the English Channel – first, it brings some chuckles, then immense anxiety.
The bubbling feeling of happiness perhaps is appealing to the masses without being mushy. “Young Woman and the Sea” offers no innovation to the genre for any work of non-fiction but manages to drag readers attention for each and every insane strokes.
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- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Country: United States
- Director: Joachim Rønning
- Cast: Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham
