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Slalom

2020

Charlène Favier

Noée Abita, Jérémie Rénier, Catherine Marchal, Muriel Combeau, François Godart

6.1

535

Drama Under the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star. Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?

	Media	Author	Review
		Fabien Lemercier Cineuropa	"Charlène Favier plunges with force into the crucible of the quest for sporting excellence of a teenager (...) One of the major assets of Slalom is no doubt the originality and the great credibility of the script"
		Lisa Nesselson Screendaily	"An impressive coming of age tale perfectly suited to the current age"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"A deeply personal story that also functions as almost a psychological prototype for a hundred recent #MeToo headline-makers. Well-made, perceptively performed and deeply enraging"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'Slalom' is a familiar story of sexual abuse, but one told with such bracing intensity that it snaps across your face like a blast of cold mountain air"
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"An engrossingly subjective account of ambivalence and abuse, with the entire narrative filtered through the anxious gaze of its star athlete"
		Simran Hans The Guardian	"[A] bone-chilling abuse drama (...) Favier is smart on the mechanics of abuse (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"Favier keeps a laser focus on Lyz’s subjective experience, with a frank and unflinching eye on the moments both euphoric and gut-wrenching"
		Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"A sensitive and discomforting view of sexual abuse within alpine sports."
		Nikki Baughan Empire	"Everything about this hard-hitting film is restrained, like a breath tightly held, and all the more powerful for it (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tomris Laffly rogerebert.com	"Delivering an unforgettable breakthrough performance, Abita is phenomenal (...) Renier deserves no less credit for portraying a textbook predator with startling accuracy (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"

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