House of Pleasures

Sep 21, 2011

2h 6m

★ 6.5

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ARTE France Cinéma

Les Films du Lendemain

My New Picture

House of Pleasures Trailers

Cast

Marie-France

Noémie Lvovsky

Samira

Hafsia Herzi

Clotilde

Céline Sallette

Julie

Jasmine Trinca

Léa

Adèle Haenel

Madeleine

Alice Barnole

Pauline

Iliana Zabeth

Prostitute

Judith Lou Lévy

Prostitute

Pauline Jacquard

Prostitute

Anaïs Thomas

Prostitute

Maïa Sandoz

Prostitute

Joanna Grudzinska

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