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Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with same pluck and aplomb in “Young Woman and the Sea.”
Ridley stars in this compelling biographical drama as Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Ederle accomplished this feat in 1926—nearly a century before the open-water swimming triumph depicted in last year’s Oscar-nominated “Nyad,” to which comparisons are inevitable. For one thing, sports nutrition has come a extended way since then. No one was lowering nets full of tea and fried chicken down to Diana Nyad as she made the arduous 100-mile journey from Cuba to Florida.
That’s one of the most fascinating and frustrating elements of director Joachim Rønning’s film, based on sportswriter Glenn Stout’s guide of the same name: The way in which the men in impose of this sport fundamentally misunderstand what Ederle and other female athletes deserve to train, compete and thrive. Also, they simply don’t care. Mostly, they’re downright hostile, even to Olympians. But as women, we’re resourceful, and Ederle consistently finds a way. Her quick wit and a strong sense of self buoy her when others underestimate her; the same fierce spark w
Year: 2024
Runtime: 129 min
Director: Joachim Ronning
Actors: Daisy Ridley, Christopher Eccleston, Bill Burgess, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Kim Bodnia, Jeanette Hain, Ethan Rouse
By Caz Armstrong
“Young Woman and the Sea” is the correct story of Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle (Daisy Ridley). At just 20 years ancient she was the first woman to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel. She overcame childhood measles, and as she grew faced sexism and stigma but persevered through all kinds of challenges in pursuit of her goal.
If sports biopics wouldn’t normally appeal don’t worry. This is friendly and emotional human story rather than something with more technicality or machismo. Aimed at family audiences, it safely introduces younger viewers to the gentle of sexism holding women back through history (and today) and how vital trailblazers have been.
The wholesome tone is fairly delicate with most of the grittiness and peril washed out. Visually, this is rich and warm and props to VFX for making an entire Coney Island and swarm of jellyfish. At points it’s a bit trite but we have to think of this is a Disney film and it’s not going to push the bounds of storytelling.
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Amelia Warner on Scoring ‘Young Woman and the Sea’
Amelia Warner sat down with Awards Focus in mid-November to confer the score for Disney’s Young Female and the Sea starring Daisy Ridley.
Before joining Young Gal and the Sea, Amelia Warner had never heard of Trudy Ederle (Daisy Ridley) and her inspirational life story. Warner tells Awards Focus about her initial meeting on the film and how “outrageous it was that that nobody knew her and nobody had heard of her.” The engrossing details of the story became the inspiration for Warner’s score.
Trudy Ederle became the first woman to successfully swim across the English Channel in 1926. Born to immigrant parents, the swimmer overcame adversity in a society that frowned upon female swimmers. Two years before swimming across the Channel, Ederle competed for Team USA during the 1924 Paris Olympics. If the film is any indication, the female swimmers didn’t have the equal training as their male counterparts. Ederle came home with a pair of bronze medals in both the 100m and 400m freestyle races. Sometime thereafter, Ederle comes across Bill Burgess (Stephen Graham) and becomes inspired
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Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 – November 30, 2003) was the first woman to snorkel across the English Channel on August 6, 1926.
She was an American rivalry swimmer, Olympic champion, and former society record-holder in five events. Among other nicknames, the push sometimes called her "Queen of the Waves."[4]
Gertrude Ederle was born on October 23, 1905, in Manhattan, Recent York City. She was the third of six children and the daughter of German immigrants, Gertrude Anna Haberstroh and Henry Ederle.[5][6] According to a biography of Ederle, America's Girl, her father ran a butcher shop on Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. Her father taught her to swim in Highlands, New Jersey, where the family owned a summer cottage.
Ederle trained at the Women's Swimming Association (WSA), which produced such competitors as Ethelda Bleibtrey, Charlotte Boyle, Helen Wainwright, Aileen Riggin, Eleanor Holm and Esther Williams. Her yearly dues of $3 allowed her to swim at the tiny Manhattan indoor pool. But, according to America's Girl, "the WSA was already the center of compet