'Slalom': Film Review
For a debut feature, writer-director Charlène Favier’s powerful coming-of-age sports drama Slalom couldn't come at a more timely moment. Beautifully directed and performed, it tells the story of a prodigious 15-year-old skier drawn into an exploitative sexual relationship with her older male coach, evoking several scandals that have made headlines in recent years — most notably the USA Gymnastics debacle that broke in 2016, but also French cases in the worlds of figure skating, tennis and swimming.