FRANCE · 2011

House of Pleasures

Bertrand Bonello
sex work fin de siècle Paris female community decline and nostalgia power dynamics
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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.

Year2011
CountryFrance
DirectorBertrand Bonello
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