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Julie keeps quiet (Julie zwijgt)

Leonardo VAN DIJL
School 12-19 2024 100 min Belgium, Sweden
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Synopsis

A powerful variation on the liberation of speech

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 the players from the club are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet.

Set in the very defined perimeter of the sport world – a microcosm if there ever was one – Leonardo van Dijl looks into the contemporary questions surrounding the liberation of speech and the power of silence.Julie, the protagonist, is remarkable in her ability to resist peer pressure.

 

Accessible from 15 years and over

Cast/Avec

  • Tessa Van den Broeck
  • Ruth Becquart
  • Claire Bodson
  • Koen De Bouw

Screenplay

  • Leonardo van Dijl
  • Ruth Becquart

Cinematographer

  • Nicolas Karakatsanis

Sound

  • Arne Winderickx
  • Boris Debackere
  • Gustaf Berger

Music

  • Caroline Shaw

Production

  • De Wereldvrede

Screenings

Wednesday 12 March 2025 09:00
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : French, Flemish
Subtitles : German
Screening : School Screening
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Thursday 13 March 2025 09:00
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : French,West Flemish
Subtitles : French
Screening : School Screening
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Critics

“A tense, taut, artfully hushed debut feature by Belgian writer-director Leonardo van Dijl, “Julie Keeps Quiet” also knows the value of control — though its own calm is fraught with anxiety and anger.”
Guy Lodge Variety 12/06/2024

Leonardo VAN DIJL

Leonardo VAN DIJL
Leonardo VAN DIJL

Leonardo van Dijl is a scenarist and a director who lives in Belgium. His last short, Stephanie (2020) was selected in Cannes, San Sebastian, Toronto and over 150 film festivals where it won numerous awards. Leonardo’s first feature film, Julie Keeps Quiet is a co-production between De Wereldvrede, Les Films du Fleuve, Hobab, and Film i Väst.

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Filmography

  • Julie keeps quiet 2024
  • Stephanie (court métrage) 2020
  • Umpire (court métrage) 2015
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