Julie Keeps Quiet

Julie Zwijgt

Julie’s life, as the most promising talent at a prestigious tennis academy, revolves entirely around the sport she’s been devoted to since her early childhood. But everything changes when the shocking news of a young athlete’s suicide disrupts the club's routine at the club. Soon after, Julie’s coach becomes the focus of a police investigation and is immediately suspended from the academy. The incident pushes the other athletes to come forward and share their stories, but Julie chooses to remain silent. Leonardo van Dijl’s debut film, undoubtedly one of the standout entries at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, captures the overwhelming struggle of breaking the silence as a victim of abuse. Each scene is meticulously framed to reflect the heavy weight of unspoken trauma, while Julie’s silence reveals the depth of her inner scars. Featuring a subtle yet powerful performance by tennis player Tessa Van den Broeck, beautifully framed by Nikos Karakatsanis’s cinematography, Julie Keeps Quiet leaves a lasting impression, evoking the same raw emotional intensity as Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
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Direction: Leonardo van Dijl
Script: Leonardo van Dijl, Ruth Becquart
Cinematography: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Editing: Bert Jacobs
Sound: Arne Winderickx, Boris Debackere
Music: Caroline Shaw
Actors: Tessa van den Broeck, Grace Biot, Alyssa Lorette, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Pierre Gervais, Claire Bodson, Laurent Caron
Production: De Wereldvrede
Producers: Gilles De Schryver, Gilles Coulier, Wouter Sap, Roxanne Sarkozi
Co-production: Les Films du Fleuve, Hobab, Film i Väst
Co-producers: Delphine Tomson, Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Nima Yousefi, Kristina Börjeson, Anthony Muir
Costumes: Ellen Blereau
Production Design: Julien Denis
Make Up: Michelle Beeckman
Format: DCP
Color: Colour
Production Country: Belgium, Sweden
Production Year: 2024
Duration: 100'
Distribution in Greece: One From The Heart
Contact: New Europe Film Sales
Awards/Distinctions: SACD Award, Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award – Cannes Film Festival 2024

Leonardo van Dijl

Leonardo van Dijl is a writer and director based in Belgium. His latest short film Stephanie (2020) was selected for the Official Competition of Cannes, San Sebastian and TIFF as well as over 150 other film festivals where it received various national and international awards. Leonardo’s feature debut Julie Keeps Quiet a co-production between De Wereldvrede, Les Films du Fleuve, Hobab and Film i Väst, had its world premiere in May 2024 at the prestigious Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

2014 Get Ripped (short)
2020 Stephanie (short)
2024 Julie Keeps Quiet