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The Perfect Wave (2014)

94 min · Biographical picture, Drama, drama film

Popularity3/5
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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Bruce MacDonald

Cast

Scott Eastwood, Cheryl Ladd, Patrick Lyster, Rachel Hendrix, Mehboob Bawa

The story

A young Kiwi surfer named Ian is on his OE (overseas experience) in Mauritius, an island off the coast of Africa. While night diving with friends, he is stung by 5 deadly box jellyfish and takes a dramatic journey to hospital, helped and hindered by local people. He cries out to the God he barely remembers from childhood and meets him face to face, saying "you can't love me, I've cursed you, slept around, taken drugs and more".

Catalogue themes and tags

Bali, Bungee-Jump, Cape Town, Devoutness, Down Under, Jealousy, Mauritius, Near-death experience, Poisonous jellyfish, Prayer, Surfer, Surfing, Tour, Toxication

Genres

Biographical picture, Drama, drama film

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