A tutor gets paid in flesh. The 45-minute French film that destroys you.
The Moreen family hires Pemberton to tutor young Morgan. Pemberton has no money of his own, and the social non-conformity of his employers condemns him to the impossibility of being paid. Yet an emotional relationship develops between master and pupil. Little by little, Morgan becomes an object of blackmail. Having run out of arguments, the parents give their son to his teacher. The child, abandoned by his parents, dies.
Acting
Rufus's hollow-eyed complicity is devastating.
Direction
Béraud frames exploitation like a seduction.
Director
Luc Béraud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Henry James's 'The Pupil' (1891), this obscure TV film preserves James's merciless class critique.
Rufus (born Jacques Narcy) was a legendary French character actor who specialized in haunted, compromised men.
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