Private Tuition

 

“Private Tuition” is a 21-minute movie released by Roue in early 1984.  It’s release was announced on pages 60 and 61 of Roue 31 (below).  British spanking magazines of the eighties didn’t put dates on their issues but I think Roue 31 was probably published around March 1984.  The previous issue of Roue, Roue 30 published around January 1984, includes a photostory called "The Tutor" with pictures of the Tutor and Elizabeth that look as though they were taken at the same time as the filming of "Private Tuition" but there is no mention of the movie.  “Private Tuition” is currently available on DVD through the Roue website at www.roue.com.

The Video Recordings Act 1984 required that commercial video recordings offered for sale or rent within the UK must carry a classification issued bythe British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) which was also authorized to deny classification.  The Act was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July 1984 but it didn’t take effect until September 1988 which allowed time for the government to create and staff the BBFC, establish its rules and allow it to begin to classify the hundreds of videos created each year along with the thousands already in existence.  Several spanking video producers, including Janus and Blushes, stopped making movies in response to this Act but others found ways to work around it such as distributing movies only to members of a private club or operating out of another nearby country such as Holland (the Roue DVD shown above is marked 'Not for Sale in the UK' in the lower left hand corner of the back cover).  Spanking for Pleasure eventually tried to have one their movies, “A Caning for Miss Granger”, classified but without success.  Roue seems to have continued making movies after the Act was passed but it stopped before the Act took effect.  “Private Tuition” was probably made while the Act was working its way through Parliament.

The movie opens with Elizabeth arriving at her tutor’s home 47 minutes and 29 seconds late for some after school help.  This doesn’t leave enough time for her lesson.  He decides that such blatant disregard for promptness cannot be tolerated so she is immediately across his knee for a hand spanking.   This opening scene lasts nearly five minutes and it is hardly worth watching.

A second student, Julie arrives for her lesson just as Elizabeth is preparing to leave.  The two girls talk about the spanking while their tutor is out of the room.  He returns and sends Elizabeth home then he soon discovers that Julie has she hasn’t finished her assigned homework.  We all know what that means and another OTK spanking follows.  The second spanking is almost indistinguishable from the first although she does struggle a little more.  Afterward, Julie is sent home but she is told to return the following day at the same time as Elizabeth.  This scene ends just before the 10-minute mark of the movie.

The two girls arrive the next day, on time but he has to leave to see someone as soon as they arrive.  He tells them to review their notes until he returns and then he leaves them.  They start searching through his office the moment he is out the door.  They find a tawse hidden between two records and then they decided to play one of the records.  They are still going through the records when he returns and this leads to exactly what you would expect.  Julie is the first over his knee and her short spanking follows the same pattern as the day before.  Elizabeth is next and more of the same follows.   He tells the girls to clean up their mess but Julie argues and receives another short hand spanking for her effort.

But this time the punishment doesn’t end with a spanking.  He gives them the choice of being reported to the Headmistress, who they know will give them a harsh caning, or accepting further punishment from him.  They, of course, decide to accept his punishment and it is the tawse they had found earlier.  He tells them to undress to their underclothes but Julie tries to argue so she has to undress completely.  There is just over 3 minutes left in the movie by the time they reach this point.  He has Elizabeth bend over the table while Julie holds her hands.  He gives her three strokes before pulling down her panties and then giving her another fourteen strokes.  Next, the two girls trade places.  Julie receives only 9 strokes that don’t seem particularly hard before her punishment ends.  Finally, he has the two girls stand facing the wall so he can admire his handiwork while the movie ends.

There really isn’t much to this movie.  It is obvious that there are at least two directors behind the Roue movie.  Alan Bell’s movies are usually very good, and he often appears in his own movies, while the movies made by the other director (or directors) leave a lot to be desired.  This one is hardly worth the effort of watching.