There is no sound on the court except the bouncing of tennis balls. The heavy atmosphere and the absence of one of the head coaches is a clear sign to the junior players that something serious has happened. An investigation is soon set in motion, but the club’s rising star Julie, who was closest to the coach, remains silent. Julie Keeps Quiet is the debut film of Belgian director Leonardo Van Dijl, whose steady hand has managed to get masterful performances out of his young tennis players. With famous tennis star Naomi Ósaka as a consultant, this understated but powerful film tackles a painful subject in a manner where any attempt at dialogue is drowned in silence.
Petra Vočadlová
100 min / Color, DCP
Director Leonardo Van Dijl
/ Screenplay Leonardo van Dijl, Ruth Becquart
/ Dir. of Photography Nicolas Karakatsanis
/ Music Caroline Shaw
/ Sound Boris Debackere, Gustaf Berger, Arne Winderickx
/ Editor Bert Jacobs
/ Art Director Julien Denis
/ Producer Gilles De Schryver, Gilles Coulier, Wouter Sap, Roxanne Sarkozi
/ Production De Wereldvrede
/ Coproduction Les Films du Fleuve, Hobab, Film i väst
/ Cast Tessa Van den Broeck, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Claire Bodson, Laurent Caron
/ Sales New Europe Film Sales
/ Distributor Artcam Films
Leonardo Van Dijl (1991, Kortrijk, Belgium). Filmography: Umpire (2015, short), Stephanie (2020, short), Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie zwijgt, 2024).
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