World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

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職業拳擊手神山英次在菲律賓試圖東山再起，卻始終未能獲得比賽機會，轉眼已至不惑之年。就在此時，長期失聯的女兒桃子突然造訪，命運的齒輪由此轉動。失去母親后無處可去的桃子，漂洋過海來投奔父親。 　　異國菲律賓的屋檐下，這對父女開始了生澀的同居生活。血緣的羈絆難以輕易填補十余年的空白，兩人笨拙地摸索著親子關系的形狀。 　　女兒身上總帶著“另一個自己”的影子，這段充滿磕絆卻暗藏溫情的日常，讓曾經視野狹隘的神山逐漸學會環視周遭——塬來注視著他的，不止是桃子，還有更多人的目光…… 　　當比賽機會奇跡般降臨，英次為贏得屬于他們的容身之處毅然踏上擂臺。這部以拳擊為背景的作品，最終講述的是關于“父”與“子”共同成長的生命物語。