Elève libre (2008)
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Jonas Bloquet, Jonathan Zaccaï, Claire Bodson, Yannick Renier, Pauline Étienne, Anne Coesens, Johan Leysen
A struggling teenager puts his hopes in tennis, but an older mentor’s guidance crosses the boundaries of school.
The story
Sixteen-year-old Jonas faces another academic failure and decides to stake his hopes on tennis as a way through it. He comes close to making the national team, but fails again. Pierre, a mysterious man in his thirties, is moved by Jonas’s situation and takes him under his wing. As Pierre mentors him, he proves unable to maintain clear boundaries in their relationship, and the guidance begins to move beyond the school setting.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Sixteen-year-old Jonas is facing another academic failure and decides to put all his hopes in tennis to get through it. But once again, just as he is on the verge of making the national team, he fails. Pierre, a mysterious man in his thirties, is moved by his situation and chooses to take him under his wing. However, he is unable to set boundaries in their relationship, and the mentoring eventually goes beyond the bounds of school…
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