Directed by:
Leonardo Van DijlCinematography:
Nicolas KarakatsanisComposer:
Caroline ShawCast:
Tessa Van den Broeck, Koen De Bouw, Ruth Becquart, Tijmen Govaerts, Claire Bodson, Laurent CaronPlots(1)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet… (Cannes Film Festival)
Reviews (1)
This very quiet and intimate drama tells the story of a talented sixteen-year-old tennis player with a secret that she suppresses inside herself and struggles with, even though everyone empathetically offers her a helping hand. The film never says anything specific and only sporadically and cautiously offers hints, while it is difficult to get to know the protagonist and the plot is basically ordinary and unexciting. The theme of dealing with trauma is rendered almost too sensitively and subtly. Because of that, the film is rather more appealing due to its realistic depiction of the world of future professional athletes as seen from the perspective of a taciturn teenage girl.
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