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But Julie decides to remain silent
Line of Events
Julie is a star player at an elite tennis academy. When her coach comes under investigation and is suddenly removed, all the players of the club are offered to express their opinion. category of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony in 2025. Saw it at the Ghent Film Festival 2024.
When the end credits rolled, I still didn’t know what the real problem was
A lot of the walls show tennis training and the like, but not to the point of being annoying, even for someone (like me) who doesn’t do sports, any sports. The problems shown are modern, and we see many similar cases on television and in newspapers, from rumors, openly stated to legally proven. What we also see clearly here is that we will never know exactly what happened, how far it went, and how long it lasted, largely because of privacy concerns for both the accused and the victims. The word “stop” is used very often by Jeremy (the accused trainer), repeatedly emphasizing that he stopped, as soon as Julie said that she wanted him to stop.
Is this a case of sexual harassment??
It is noteworthy that Julie reacted sharply when she found out that Jeremy got the position of coach in another place (we recognize this tactic of “relocation” in matters of the church and sexual violence). She also asked her newly appointed trainer if he was willing to continue working with her in case Jeremy was reinstated and had to “do something”. Did she not want to reveal the reasons why she remained silent and did not participate in the investigation?? Or is it a mixture of guilt over the fact that she was late asking Jeremy to stay??
the subject of this film
I can only guess what her thoughts were. (Perhaps, I missed something and it was clear to everyone else watching the same film.) In general, it is interesting for tennis fans, and equally for everyone who is interested in the main thing “me too”. Mixed walls of tennis training are not dominant and do not distract from the main problems. We see Julie in many scenes and moods, while managing to keep us engrossed in the development of the story throughout.
