Vindication Swim

2024
PG
1h 38m

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6.0/10

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The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920... Read allThe inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England.The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England.

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Awards
- 26 wins & 15 nominations total

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All the swimming sequences were shot in the English Channel itself without the use of any tanks, green screens or body doubles. Lead actress, Kirsten Callaghan, trained for months in open-water swimming prior the filming and completed all those sequences herself without the use of stunt doubles, sometimes swimming for up to four hours at a time.

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10/10

Dramatic and heartfelt

This independent film tells an important story in a way that draws you in and keeps you hooked. I hadn't heard of Mercedes Gleitze before seeing the film, her story is so interesting and it's great that the film brings it to the public eye. Great rivalry with the other swimmer, and a real idea of how hard it must have been to do that swim. The swimming scenes are incredible, the actor doing them must be brave! Beautiful setting and costumes too, really evocative. The fact it has such a young writer and director makes this even more impressive. It's a great film and I'm excited to see what Elliot does next.