House of Pleasures

L'Apollonide, souvenirs de la maison close

2011 · 2h 6m · 6.5

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.

Bertrand Bonello

Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Alice Barnole, Iliana Zabeth, Judith Lou Lévy, Pauline Jacquard, Anaïs Thomas

paris, france, brothel, eroticism, sexual fantasy, sexual humiliation, prostitution, sexual desire, sexual favor, sexual exploration, sexual experimentation, sexual relationship, sexual attitudes, sexual discovery, sexual education