L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)
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House of Tolerance (French: L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, also known as
House of Pleasures), is 2011 French drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello,
starring Céline Sallette, Hafsia Herzi, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel,
Alice Barnole, Iliana Zabeth and Noémie Lvovsky.
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Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. The madam essentially
owns the women: their expenses exceed earnings, they are in debt. They face
problems of pregnancy, opium, age, and violent clients. One reads sociology at
her peril. Occasionally, a client talks of marriage. There are also friendships and
affection among the women. The madam is in a dispute with her landlord and
calls on influential clients to help. There's a picnic one summer day, a wake,
and an evening in masks. Have they expectations? In a coda, we watch a
street scene in contemporary Paris.
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