The Tutor

Another triumph by Ivan Noel! Right on target as usual. His movies are highly controversial, but socially accurate. He tells in his films the truth nobody wants to speak. For those who like polemical movies, this is it! I also recommend watching 'Rejected and Chaos'. We humans forget, that we are animals not gods. The use of reason is no excuse for feeling superior. Breath taking settings and footage of nature. Excellent psychological drama with an interesting twist in the end. Spoiler. This is not a non-stop action movie. It's not amusing entertainment, it's a film for critical thinking and openminded analysis. And a very good one, indeed!

Censorship note: The German-released, 16-and-up rated, Alive DVD is uncensored, and the English subtitling is excellent. Multiple other reviewers report that the Meridian DVD and the Meridian BluRay are censored versions. The Spanish-language version via Vemox channel on Prime Video is also censored. Of course, Amazon and its suppliers fail to flag this, which is apparently still legal. Hmmph. By censoring this film, Amazon, Meridian, and Vemox are catering to the very prejudices that Noel's film criticizes, and to some extent, reducing its impact. On to the movie: Homophobia, mental illness, sexual precociousness, vigilantism, child sex abuse, betrayal, paranormal phenomena, and revenge: all of this swirls together in Ivan Noel’s philosophical horror film The Tutor. The end result, disturbing to most of us on multiple levels, is both highly entertaining and thought-provoking. Mona is hired, she thinks, to educate Angel and Ema, 11-year-old orphaned brother and sister who, she soon discovers, live well beyond “free range.” Whether some events are real or paranormal or hallucinatory is unclear at times. And that, it turns out, is as intended. What is actually going on is indicated by several hints quite early, but, as sometimes happens, the most definitive clue was too subtly presented (for me) and I only learned about it in the “Making Of” special feature on the Alive DVD. But in the end, it all makes sense. How intense is this film? After watching it, and especially the ending, I was glad to have the “Making Of” available, to remind myself that the actors are not the characters. Running with that idea allows me to tell myself that rather than a proffered course of action, The Tutor instead represents Ivan Noel’s primal scream of pain, dedicated to all victims of moral extremism. Where “extremism” begins is a debate that will long endure. Meanwhile, here is an interesting movie, well worth watching.

it is odd story of kids they grew up wild without parents but do have maid who love them and let them be wild and free till the tutor come to stay and trying to raise and teach them education and manner but i will not spoil it. Like i said it is very odd story but pretty good so far. I'm glad it has English subtitles. I love Ivan Noel films he made a lot interesting films and looking forward his next movies. I give a 9.5 this movie for me. I do not know about your beause we all are different people

I hate spoilers so I won't go there but if you have conservative values this movie is not for you that said it was well shot with well made movie but it was just too much for me very disturbing.

I've purchased the supposedly uncut Meridian Blu-Ray and I am confirming it is indeed censored! The subs are also horrible on this release and the picture periodically artifacts. If you want the TRUE uncensored, uncut version, you will have to import the German DVD, and yes it does have English subs. I will certainly avoid ALL Meridian releases in the future as I do not support censorship in any way whatsoever!!!

The description lies - this is NOT an uncut version of the film, several scenes have been edited removing elements that are present in the original version (in the scene where the kids bathe in a horse trough and later when they skinny-dip in the pool). While these cuts don't hurt the plot, they are annoying for viewers who expected and paid for a full version of the film. A "Director's Cut" should have MORE material, not LESS. Also, the picture quality is not as good as it was shot and is pixelated if you freeze-frame. Avoid this copy by MRG (Meridian Releasing) and seek another version.

I wasn't really sure what to make of this movie at first.... like what is the point? Let me sum up the movie...We are animals and just smart enough to convince ourselves that were not. Very beautiful and disturbing to say the least. Worth a watch at least twice the movie has a lot to say and makes you really think about who we are as humans and where our morality comes from

Good movie I like it wish it was in English but still like it

Odd headline I admit but you will understand why when you view this film. Having agreed to become tutor for 2 children in a out of the way country house a young woman new to the job finds she has a young boy and girl to look after who behave in a wild untamed way with a house keeper who seems unconcerned by their wild child antics Trying to educate them the tutor finds out is not going to be easy Her concerns are further increased when a man keeps appearing taking a close viewing interest of the children mostly the boy But when she describes the man it all turns to denial with the claim the man she saw is the gardener who was supposed to have died 2 years ago Turns out this alleged ghost plays a part in the tutors future with serious consequences Well worth watching as its another deep plot film by the master film maker Ivan Noel

Filmrgentina por el español Iván Noel. Una historia bastantecompleja psicológicamente sobre dos hermanos que tras el fallecimiento de sus padres viven en un estado de semisalvajismo y su tío contrata una tutora para intentar educarles.

Très intéressant.

E' un thriller . DVD importato dalla Germania

Zwei im Einklang mit der Menschennatur lebende Kinder, die darum wohl als "unerzogen" zu bezeichnen wären, erhalten Besuch von einer Hauslehrerin, die zugleich Freundin sein will, die aber nicht ahnt, welche Herausforderung sie da angenommen hat... Mehr Worte möchte ich über die Handlung schon gar nicht verlieren; es würde die fast schon weihnachtliche Vorfreude auf das erste Mal mit dem nunmehr siebten "Noel Film" gewiss schmälern. Manch ein Zuschauer mag es ihm vielleicht negativ ankreiden: Iván Noel hängt an den Motiven seiner eigens erschaffenen Spielfilmformel ebenso wie an seinem schauspielerischen Lieblingspersonal (hier: Romina Pinto), so dass man seine Regiearbeiten fast schon als Serienproduktion bezeichnen könnte. Immer geht es dem Spanier um traumatisierte Kinder und um die Tragödien in deren Vergangenheit. Jedes Mal könnte man eine Doktorarbeit darüber schreiben, was mit den stets mit verliebter Kamera portraitierten jungen Seelen nicht stimmen könnte, um dann am Ende festzustellen, dass alles doch ganz anders ist. Im brandneu auf DVD erschienenen 2016er Thrillerdrama rechnet der gegen den Mainstream schwimmende Umdenker mit der Prüderie von Berufspädagogen ab und gewährt dem Tabuthema "gelebte Erotik unter Kindern" den bislang größten Spielraum seiner glorreichen Sieben. Iván Noel bildet in seinem Regiestuhl eine echte Ein-Mann-Partei, die man hierzulande AfH nennen könnte (Alternative für Hollywood). Inspiriert hat ihn diesmal die 1898 erschienene Geistergeschichte "Das Durchdrehen der Schraube" des amerikanisch-britischen Schriftstellers Henry James. Gerne hätte zum dritten Mal der kleine Lauro Veron aus "Limbo" und "Ellos Volvieron" die männliche Kinderrolle verkörpert, jedoch gemäß dem "The Tutor"-Alternativtitel "Verbrannte Knie" hat Noel einen anderen elfjährigen Hauptdarsteller, Valentino Vinco, ausgewählt, weil dessen Beine perfekt in die Optik passen. Daran dass das Schniepelchen nicht groß genug anmutet, um zu all der im Film angedeuteten Begierde zu passen, wird sich wohl niemand stören. Der diesmal abgelehnte Lauro Veron bekam übrigens zum Trost statt der Hauptrolle einen Job als Noels Produktionsassistent, und ist damit vielleicht der jüngste Mitarbeiter hinter der Kamera, den es je in einem Spielfilm gegeben hat? Es wurde für "The Tutor" die Filmmusik nicht wie sonst von Iván Noel selbst komponiert und es gibt keine Tonspur mit seinem Regiekommentar, dafür aber einen 20-minütigen Einblick in die Stimmungen beim Dreh. Von den sieben mehr oder weniger exquisiten Noel-Dramen würde ich dieses auf Rang 4 sehen. Zu guter Letzt aber noch ein kritisches Wort zur DVD: Ich stoße mich daran, dass sich während der 109 Minuten Laufzeit wieder auffallend oft Flüchtigkeitsfehler in die Untertitel eingeschlichen haben. Wenn man bei den "Noel Films" schon nicht Deutsch hören darf, möchte ich wenigstens makelloses Deutsch lesen können.