This film is a beautiful tribute to the groundbreaking Florence Arthaud whose life was dedicated to facilitate women's access to boat racing.
Male sailors in the film are awful chauvinists, they despise her as a woman and envy her talent. It's difficult to understand their appeal yet she keeps hoping against hope her partners will be decent. She 's shown as a fiercely independent woman who thrives as a sailor in the face of constant adversity.
There are unexpected emotional scenes, they successfully convey the plight of her life and her quest to succeed. As a woman she struggled to fund her circumnavigating the globe while lesser talented male sailors had the best boats and opportunities handed on a plate.
Somehow she's half naked throughout, maybe this was a sad prerequisite to get the film financed, it is most odd. Can't women be portrayed as interesting and powerful without being thoroughly objectified?
Male sailors in the film are awful chauvinists, they despise her as a woman and envy her talent. It's difficult to understand their appeal yet she keeps hoping against hope her partners will be decent. She 's shown as a fiercely independent woman who thrives as a sailor in the face of constant adversity.
There are unexpected emotional scenes, they successfully convey the plight of her life and her quest to succeed. As a woman she struggled to fund her circumnavigating the globe while lesser talented male sailors had the best boats and opportunities handed on a plate.
Somehow she's half naked throughout, maybe this was a sad prerequisite to get the film financed, it is most odd. Can't women be portrayed as interesting and powerful without being thoroughly objectified?
