Synopsis Set against the brooding northern shoreline of Azov Bay, Ten Tides follows 15-year-old Marek, a wiry, resourceful kid raised among fishermen and shipwrights. When his older brother disappears after gambling away the family’s boat, Marek is forced into the shadow circuit of fights run by a charismatic but brutal promoter who stages bouts on the exposed breakwater at dawn. The promoter’s marquee spectacle is the “Decem” — a gauntlet in which one fighter must face ten successive opponents.
Marek enters not for fame but to reclaim the debt that shackles his family. His style — an instinctive, undisciplined motion he calls “water wiggles” — blends evasive footwork, hip-swaying feints, and sudden spins learned from dodging waves and hauling nets. As Marek advances through the rounds, each opponent tests a different facet of his technique: raw power, grappling, reach, and psychological manipulation. The fights are choreographed to read as a ballet of splashing saltwater and shifting footing; the sea itself plays a character, its tides altering the ring, washing away marks, and forcing the fighters to adapt. Synopsis Set against the brooding northern shoreline of
The final confrontation pits Marek against the promoter’s favored champion, a veteran whose methodical brutality contrasts Marek’s amphibious fluidity. Under a rising storm, Marek must fuse learned discipline with instinctive “water wiggles” to outmaneuver a stronger foe, reclaim his family’s dignity, and expose the corruption behind the fight circuit. Marek enters not for fame but to reclaim
Logline A determined adolescent from a coastal town must face ten ruthless challengers in a clandestine ring beneath the breakwater; as each confrontation escalates, water — tidal surges, slick seaweed, and the boy’s own fluid, improvisational fighting style (“water wiggles”) — becomes both obstacle and ally, shaping a coming-of-age battle for honor and survival. The fights are choreographed to read as a
Title (working): Azov — Ten Tides
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