House of Pleasures

2011 · 126 min · FR · NR · 6.5 (291 votes)

Dir. Bertrand Bonello · Starring Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Alice Barnole · Music Bertrand Bonello

Drama

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.

VIBE

A languid, sensual dive into a Parisian brothel. It feels like a velvet-lined box of secrets, where intimacy and isolation intertwine. The film is a slow, deliberate exploration of female desire and the complex bonds formed within its gilded cage.

sensualmelancholicintimateprovocativeslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseerotic dramaatmosphericfemale desiresisterhoodexploitationidentity

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paris, francebrotheleroticismsexual fantasysexual humiliationprostitutionsexual desiresexual favorsexual explorationsexual experimentationsexual relationshipsexual attitudessexual discoverysexual education