It is the year 1939 and Europe is on the brink of war. Sally, a 30-year-old single mother, dreams of becoming the first European to cross the English Channel. While society and her family push her to follow her duties as a mother, she breaks free from convention to pursue her dreams.

Her life Sally Bauerof the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel, inspired the film “The Swedish Torpedo” by Frieda Kempf. Momento Films’ biggest film project to date was presented at Cannes.

Filming will begin in August with Josephine Neldin, Mikael Bo Fusgaard and Lisa Carlehide as the leads. The script of the film, which is a co-production of Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and England, is written by Marietta von Hausgolf von Baumgarten, according to “Variety”. It is the third film directed by Frieda Kempf, who previously won the Cannes Jury Prize for her short film ‘Micky Bader’

Of her new film ‘The Swedish Torpedo’, she said it is a ‘story that needs to be told, about a woman who achieved the impossible and broke both social norms and world records».