Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1981 · 1h 27m

Private Lessons

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Director
Alan Myerson
Cast
Sylvia Kristel as Mallow Howard Hesseman as Lester Eric Brown as Philly Patrick Piccininni as Sherman Ed Begley Jr. as Jack Travis Pamela Jean Bryant as Joyce
Crew
Jan de Bont — Director of Photography Fred A. Chulack — Editor Dan Greenburg — Writer Dan Greenburg — Novel R. Ben Efraim — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
first timechauffeurbathroomblackmailsexual attractionstatutory rapelustteenage boysexual desirefatal attractionolder woman younger man relationshipsexual awakening
Key Collaborators
Alan Myerson Director Jan de Bont Director of Photography Fred A. Chulack Editor Dan Greenburg Writer Dan Greenburg Novel R. Ben Efraim Producer
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