Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
Acting
Bening's physical transformation is genuinely terrifying commitment.
Direction
Free Solo directors make you feel every jellyfish sting.
Costume
That swim cap and goggles aesthetic: unhinged, iconic.
Director
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bening trained with Nyad herself for a year, swimming daily until she could do 6-hour open water sessions.
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