House of Tolerance
(2011)
L'Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)
An Aesthetic Shock.
Stars: Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Writer: Bertrand Bonello
Language: English
Studio: Les Films du Lendemain
Duration: 122
Rated: NR
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.
Noémie Lvovsky | Marie-France |
Hafsia Herzi | Samira |
Céline Sallette | Clotilde |
Jasmine Trinca | Julie |
Adele Haenel | Léa |
Alice Barnole | Madeleine |
Iliana Zabeth | Pauline |
Pauline Jacquard | |
Anaïs Thomas | |
Maïa Sandoz | (as Maïa Sandoz) |
Joanna Grudzinska | A prostitute |
Esther Garrel | A prostitute |
Xavier Beauvois | Jacques |
Laurent Lacotte | |
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | Michaux |
Jacques Nolot | Maurice |
Judith Lou Lévy | (as Judith Lou Levy) |
Bertrand Bonello | Composer |
Josée Deshaies | Cinematographer |
Pierre Léon | |
Fabrice Rouaud | Editor |
Jean-Baptiste Verquin | |
Michel Peteau | |
Marcelo Teles | |
Guillaume Verdier | |
Justin Taurand | |
Damien Odoul | |
Paul Moulin | |
Henry Lvovsky | |
Paolo Mattei | |
Fred Epaud | |
François Magal | |
Ghislain de Fonclare | |
Daniel Doebbels | |
André Lamorthe | |
Chad Gomis | |
Chloé Rouaud | |
Louisa Lacroix | |
Bernard Fonty | (as Docteur Bernard Fonty) |
Anaïs Romand | |
Natalia Tintoré | |
Audrey Perronier | |
Marie Seznec | |
Pascale Geille | (as Lou Geille) |
Vincent Dieutre | |
William Pesson | |
Lucie Borleteau | |
Antonia Buresi | |
Ewa Placzynska | |
Ewa Kasp | (as Ewa Placzynska) |
Rufine Duclos | |
Jing Wang | |
Yann Yang Yang | |
Pascale Ferran | (voice) |
Genre: Drama
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital
IMDb: 1660379