Julie Keeps Quiet (Dutch: Julie zwijgt) is a 2024 psychologicaldrama film, directed by Leonardo Van Dijl (in his directorial debut) and written by Van Dijl and Ruth Becquart. It stars Tessa Van den Broeck, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Claire Bodson and Laurent Caron.
At an elite tennis academy, star player, Julie's tennis coach falls under investigation and is suspended, all of the team players are encouraged to speak up, she remains quiet.[6]
In March 2023, it was announced Leonardo Van Dijl would direct the film, from a screenplay he wrote alongside Ruth Becquart, with Les Films du Fleuve set to produce.[7] The Dardenne brothers serve as co-producers, while Florian Zeller and Naomi Osaka serve as an executive producers under their Blue Morning Pictures and Hana Kuma banners, respectively.[8][9]
It was released in Belgium on 16 October 2024, by Paradiso Films.[14] In October 2024, Film Movement acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.[15] It was released in the United States on 28 March 2025.[16] It is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2025, by Curzon Film.[17][18]
David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a B writing: "This impressive debut feature, cold as a crypt and yet enormously sensitive all at once, is never framed like a mystery, or at least not like the mystery that you might expect from its premise."[20] Guy Lodge of Variety wrote: "A tense, taut, and artfully hushed debut feature".[21]
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