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Private Lessons

1981 · 87 min

A breezy, awkward sex comedy that plays its outrageous premise for laughs, leaving a faintly uncomfortable aftertaste.

Directed by: Alan Myerson
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown

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

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Directed by: Alan Myerson
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
deception
betrayal
class
sexuality
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, romance
Directed by: Alan Myerson
Written by: Dan Greenburg
Starring: Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, Patrick Piccininni, Ed Begley Jr., Pamela Jean Bryant, Meridith Baer, Ron Foster
Cinematography: Jan de Bont
Runtime: 87 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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