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Private Lessons (1981)

R · 1981-08-21 · 1h 27m · EN
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When EMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom

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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Alan MyersonDirectorDan GreenburgWriter
Budget
$2.8M
Box office
$26.3M

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Sylvia KristelSylvia KristelMallowHoward HessemanHoward HessemanLesterEric BrownEric BrownPhillyMeridith BaerMeridith BaerMiss PhippsPatrick PiccininniPatrick PiccininniShermanPamela Jean BryantPamela Jean BryantJoycePeter ElblingPeter ElblingWaiterEd Begley Jr.Ed Begley Jr.Jack TravisRon FosterRon FosterFillmoreBeans MoroccoBeans MoroccoGreenDan GreenburgDan GreenburgHotel OwnerMarian GibsonMarian GibsonFlorence

Keywords

Teenage boySexual attractionBlackmailStatutory rapeLustSexual desireBathroomFirst timeOlder woman younger man relationshipSexual awakeningFatal attractionChauffeurSex lesson

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedy · RomanceTheme affinityTeenage Boy · Sexual Attraction · BlackmailMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityComedyPacingShortEmotional intensityRomance

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What is Private Lessons about?

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.

How long is Private Lessons?

Private Lessons has a runtime of 87 minutes.

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