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NYAD (2023)

★ 7.1 · 544 ratings on TMDB

Witness the incredible true story.

NYAD poster★ 7.1

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.

DirectorElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
CastAnne Marie Kempf, Annette Bening, Carolyn McCormick, Eric T. Miller, Ethan Jones Romero, Jeena Yi
GenresDrama, History
The emergence reading

NYAD keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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