CANNES 2024 - remote notes

[Chris Knipp]

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See Xian Brooks' roundup of the first week in the OBSERVER.


TESSA VAN DEN BROECK IN JULIE KEEPS QUIET

JULIE KEEPS QUIET (Leonardo Van Dijl)

Critics' Week. After the fun of Luca Guadagnino's entertaining current tennis-based film hit CHALLENGERS, "with its hilariously imagined sexual dynamic between a female coach and male players," Bradshaw in the GUARDIAN likes this more realistic Belgian film about an elite tennis academy as shown by his 4/5 stars rating. The debut feature's star is an actual talented teen tennis player, Tessa Van den Broeck. This is a restrained film of many silences about how the teen tennis star keeps mum to protect her coach Jérémy (Laurent Caron) when he's accused of misconduct with his female pupils, one of whom commits suicide. More reserved and less explicit than Favrier's SLALOM (R-V 2020), which had Jéeémie Renier as the offending coach. A standout film of Cannes Critics' Week. Jonathan Romney provides a detailed Screen Daily review. Produced by the Dardennes and in French and Flemish, this is a realistic drama that naturally includes extended sequences where van den Broeck shows off her "ferocious skills" (Bradshaw).

KINDS OF KINDNESS is early at the top of the SCREEN DAILY jury grid, followed by BIRD and THREE KILOMETERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD. Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS is above OH, CANADA on a level with WILD DIAMOND.