Rip Tide

Rip Tide is a 2017 Australian teen drama film. The movie was directed by Rhiannon Bannenberg, produced by Steve Jaggi and written by Georgia Harrison. It stars Debby Ryan. The coming-of-age film follows an American model (Ryan) who travels to an Australian beach town to reconnect with her family and her aspirations. Plot Cora Hamilton becomes overwhelmed with the constraints of her New York modelling work, while her mother, Sofia works to secure her a lucrative contract with a popular agency. At her photoshoot, Cora tries to provide her own ideas on improving one of the outfits that she is modeling, but is rejected by Fairret, the director of the photoshoot, causing her to run out of the photoshoot in an emotional state. While this is happening, a video is filmed of Cora falling down stairs, which goes viral, much to her sadness. The video has created a lot of attention, which puts both Cora and Sofia's careers into jeopardy. Upon seeing a birthday card from her Aunt Margot, she decides to go to Australia to stay with her. Sofia and Cora have a discussion in the airport about the situation, where Cora tells Sofia that she is not running away, and that she is going in the direction her life is taking her. She then leaves, leaving her mother in confusion. Cora arrives into the Australian beach town and is welcomed in by the laid back community, and soon strikes up a friendship with the bubbly Chicka. With Chicka's encouragement, Cora learns to surf. A romantic relationship soon follows with local surfing instructor, Tom.