"Go to England, or die trying." So says Daisy Ridley's Trudy Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea, a rousing, moving tale chronicling the true story of the first woman to swim the English Channel. In her quest to cross that dangerous stretch of water, Trudy goes up against leaky goggles, sexist gatekeepers, and jellyfish stings. It's no easy task.
You'd be forgiven, though, for never having heard of Trudy Ederle. She successfully swam the Channel way back in 1926, and her memory has faded over time. Young Woman and the Sea, however, is out to change that.
