Private Lessons

Élève libre

Belgium, France

2008

105 Min

Color

2.35:1

French

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Joachim Lafosse, François Pirot

CAST Jonas Bloquet, Jonathan Zaccaï, Claire Bodson, Yannick Renier, Pauline Étienne, Anne Coesens, Johan Leysen, Thomas Coumans

SOUND Benoît De Clerck

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), São Paulo, Rotterdam (Spectrum), Ghent (Out of Competition), CPH PIX, Karlovy Vary (Focus on Belgian Cinema)

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Jonas fails his exams again but thinks he can devote himself professionally to tennis. He fails the national competition. He meets 30-year-old Pierre, who is moved by his situation, and decides to help him. Depending entirely on his support, Jonas neglects public school. Incapable of setting the boundary lines of their relationship, his tutoring takes a turn that is more than merely academic. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

Director

Joachim Lafosse

Joachim Lafosse (born 18 January 1975, Uccle) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. Lafosse studied at the IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film Tribu, a 24-minute short, won the best Belgian short subject category at the 2001 Namur Film Festival. His first full length feature, Folie Privée (2004), won the FIPRESCI award at the Bratislava International Film Festival., and the semi-autobiographical Ça rend heureux (2006) took the Grand Prix at the 2007 Premiers Plans d’Angers festival. 2006 also saw the release of Nue Propriété, starring Isabelle Huppert and brothers Jérémie and Yannick Renier, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Lion and won a SIGNIS award. His latest film is Élève libre.

His 2012 film Loving Without Reason competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. —Wikipedia