“Alex has two great loves. To win one, she must lose the other.”
It is New Zealand 1959. Teen swimmer Alex Archer has to battle set backs, intense rivalry and personal tragedy in her bid to win selection for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Lauren Jackson
Alex Archer
Josh Picker
Andy
Chris Haywood
Mr. Jack
Cathy Godbold
Maggie Benton
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Mrs. Benton
Bruce Phillips
Mr. Archer
Grant Tilly
Mr. Upjohn
Patrick Smith
Mr. Benton
Mark Wright
Male Commentator
Frida
The Virgin Suicides
Home Again
Dream Girl
Pop Aye
The Pinkie
Lucky Them
The Safety of Objects
Bastard Out of Carolina
Sky
Hounddog
Return
Strange Weather
On Suffocation
1480 Radio Pirates
Helen
Naked
The Girl in the Book
The Trials of Cate McCall
Starving in Suburbia