La Joven Y El Mar -

At just 19 years old, Trudy became the first woman to swim the English Channel. To put that in perspective: before her, only five men had successfully completed the 21-mile crossing from France to England. The swimming establishment of the era believed women were physically incapable of such a feat. They suffered from "hysteria," they were told. Their lungs were too small. Their bodies too frail.

La película, protagonizada por una transformada Daisy Ridley, nos transporta a los años 20 para narrar la hazaña de Gertrude "Trudie" Ederle, la primera mujer en cruzar a nado el Canal de la Mancha. Sin embargo, para entender la magnitud de esta película, es necesario sumergirse en las aguas de la historia real, el contexto sociocultural de la época y el legado imborrable que Ederle dejó en el mundo del deporte. La Joven y El Mar

) is a 2024 biographical sports drama that chronicles the extraordinary true story of Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle . Directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Daisy Ridley At just 19 years old, Trudy became the

Trudy Ederle died in 2003 at the age of 98, deaf and largely forgotten by the mainstream. But thanks to La Joven y El Mar , her wake-up call echoes across the waves. She whispers to every young woman standing at the shore: El agua está fría, pero tú eres más fría. (The water is cold, but you are colder.) They suffered from "hysteria," they were told

Before Trudy Ederle, women who attempted long-distance swimming were treated as circus acts. They were required to swim in heavy wool suits and stockings, as showing bare legs was considered indecent. La Joven y El Mar depicts Trudy’s fight against her own coach and the Olympic committee, who tried to sabotage her channel attempt because they feared a woman’s success would ruin the sport’s "integrity."