Private Lessons

Private Lessons

When EMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom

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Release Date

5/1/1981

Runtime

87 mins

Overview

Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,800,000

Revenue

$26,279,000

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A darkly comedic exploitation film that treats its inappropriate premise with a light touch, balancing teenage fantasy with increasingly tangled criminal scheming. It's a time-capsule piece that's both cynical and oddly tender about adolescent longing.

Mood

PlayfulTenseWistful

Themes

Coming of ageObsession

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Sexual contentChild endangerment

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