Movie
House of Pleasures
Overview
The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-09-21
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ARTE France Cinéma, Les Films du Lendemain, My New Picture
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Noémie Lvovsky as Marie-France
- Hafsia Herzi as Samira
- Céline Sallette as Clotilde
- Jasmine Trinca as Julie
- Adèle Haenel as Léa
- Alice Barnole as Madeleine
- Iliana Zabeth as Pauline
- Judith Lou Lévy as Prostitute
- Pauline Jacquard as Prostitute
- Anaïs Thomas as Prostitute
- Maïa Sandoz as Prostitute
- Joanna Grudzinska as Prostitute
Crew
- Bertrand Bonello - Director
- Bertrand Bonello - Writer
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