Courtesy of Thomas Beug.

Stephen Redmond, an Irish swimmer and first person to achieve the Oceans Seven, tries to make sense of his life one stroke at a time in the isolation of the cold Atlantic Ocean in The Swimmer [see trailer above].

For other open water swimming venues in films over the past several decades, other than Ireland’s Fastnet Rock in the film above, visit here.

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