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  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary 15-year-old Lyz (Noée Abita), a high school student in the French Alps, has been accepted to an elite ski club known for producing some of the country’s top professional athletes. Taking a chance on his new recruit, ex-champion turned coach Fred (Jérémie Renier) decides to mold Lyz into his shining star despite her lack of experience. Un...

Directed By: Charlène Favier

Written By: Antoine Lacomblez, Marie Talon, Charlène Favier

  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2021
  • Unrated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 32 m

Slalom

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary 15-year-old Lyz (Noée Abita), a high school student in the French Alps, has been accepted to an elite ski club known for producing some of the country’s top professional athletes. Taking a chance on his new recruit, ex-champion turned coach Fred (Jérémie Renier) decides to mold Lyz into his shining star despite her lack of experience. Un...

Directed By: Charlène Favier

Written By: Antoine Lacomblez, Marie Talon, Charlène Favier

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
77
92% Positive
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
77
92% Positive
12 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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90
Apr 8, 2021
The film is too rich and too human for any kind of categorization. But for all its beauty, it’s also quite an unsettling watch — a delicate, authentic look at the complicated ways in which abuse works.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
83
Jul 2, 2020
Charlène Favier’s 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.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 14, 2021
Favier is smart on the mechanics of abuse, and the sobering inevitability of her heroine’s downhill skid.
By Simran Hans FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 11, 2021
It’s a recipe for an emotional journey to match the trajectory of the title, but director Charlène Favier’s script, co-written with Antoine Lacomblez and Marie Talon, is as chilly as the permacold of its surroundings, and punctuated by DOP Yann Maritaud’s serene, snowy tableaux.
By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 10, 2020
Beautifully directed and performed.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 8, 2021
The writer and director, Charlène Favier, had previous experience as a competitive skier, and she is attentive to the textures of mountainside sports and how abuse plays out in this setting.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 14, 2021
The movie finishes on an unresolved chord, as if we have left the story months or years before the actual scandalous denouement. But it is arguably faithful to the mood of messy bewilderment and frustration that governs the ongoing situation.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.6
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29% Negative
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29% Negative
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Production Company Mille et Une Productions, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ciné+, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Jour2Fête, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Charlie Bus Production
Release Date Apr 9, 2021
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-271068/casting/
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Beijing International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 2 Nominations

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