Julie Keeps Quiet (2024) review

With her former tennis coach Jeremy (Laurent Caron) suspended over allegations he had inappropriate contact with a student who took her own life, devoted (and talented) player Julie (Tessa Van den Broeck) weighs her loyalty to him and presenting evidence - via a secretly recorded conversation between her and Jeremy - that he was misbehaving around her as well.  The topic very timely - I was reminded of the high-profile case involving incarcerated U.S. women's national gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar and his hundreds of victims - but it basically feels like a respectfully made arthouse afterschool special: Julie channels her internal turmoil into training exceptionally hard, except her character doesn't reveal much (the title is quite accurate) and she shows more emotion on the poster than in the movie itself.  If the screenplay by director Van Dijl and Ruth Becquart was a bit richer this might have been a better film, although in the end Julie does, in fact, do the right thing (whether her decision is out of revenge or to protect other girls - or maybe both - is unknown).