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Writer/director Charlène Favier makes an impressive feature film debut with “Slalom,” screening at Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, March 7-12 (and available more widely on April 9). In this sports drama, 15-year-old skier Lyz Lopez (Noée Abita) trains rigorously with coach Fred (Jérémie Renier of “Summer Hours”) to win a series of competitions.
As Lyz acclimates to the program, she is told, “Fred crushes you, you listen, and you get better.” The coach’s methods are tough — he is demanding — and Renier makes Fred imperious both before and after he crosses the line. He is comforting when Lyz gets her period one day, but on another night, after Lyz wins a big competition, he sexually abuses her. And when Lyz’s failing school grades become a concern, she moves in with Fred and his business and romantic partner, Lilou (Marie Denarnaud). The coach/skier’s added closeness only make their sexual dynamic even more fraught.
“Slalom” is absorbing as Lyz faces additional pressures and balances the sport she loves and her burgeoning sexuality. Favier coaxes a strong performance out of Abita, who communicates (and masks) the pain she feels as she struggles to come of age, while Renier is both seductive and sinister. ANDIEZ Yoga Stay Trippy Little Hippie Poster
The actor and filmmaker both chatted with Salon, with the assistance of interpreter Lilia Pino Blouin, about their intense new drama.
What can you say about avoiding clichés in making a sports and teen coming of age film?
Charlène Favier: I purposely turned the clichés upside down. Normally, the teenager figures out what they want to do in life after many problems. Here, it is the opposite. I wanted to show something that we never talk about in the sport world, the backstage of this competitive environment.
Did you look at other sports films, or was there a film you modeled this after?
Favier: I watched many films while I was writing the script, including Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash,” but I was not inspired by film; I was inspired by my own story. This film was really personal. I had to write this story. My producer and my scriptwriter friends told me, “Do you realize you are writing a story about sexual abuse?” It was quite therapeutic. Sometimes you feel you have to tell something, but it takes time to analyze and understand what I was thinking. It was not a film I made because I’m a movie lover, it was a film I made to talk to heal myself. It’s a different process.
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