TFL Films & Series
The Swedish Torpedo
Summer of 1939. The outbreak of war in Europe is drawing ever closer, but Sally Bauer cannot tear herself away from the sea and her longing to cross the English Channel.
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Title: The Swedish Torpedo
Year: 2024
Directed by: Frida Kempff
Premiere & awards: Toronto Film Festival 2024, Centrepiece
Produced by: Momento Film (Sweden)
In co-production with: Amrion (Estonia), Velvet Films (Belgium), Inland Film Company (Finland), SVT (Sweden), TV4 (Sweden), Film i Väst, RTBF (Belgium), Proximus (Belgium)
Countries: Sweden, Estonia, Belgium, Finland
Southern Sweden, summer 1939. World War II is looming. 30-year-old single mother Sally Bauer can’t tear herself from the sea. She is determined to become the first Scandinavian to swim the English Channel. Facing societal and familial pressure to prioritize her responsibilities as a mother, she confronts conventions and fiercely crawls her way through a record-breaking journey.
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Title: The Swedish Torpedo
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