Private Lessons

Private Lessons

2009105 min5.1 / 10

A dark, intimate drama about grooming and exploitation that uses the mentorship framework to explore predatory dynamics and the vulnerability of a fractured adolescent.

An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.

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