House of Pleasures

House of Pleasures

2011•2h 6m•6.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(277)

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.

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Production

ARTE France Cinéma, Les Films du Lendemain, My New Picture

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Noémie Lvovsky

Noémie Lvovsky

Marie-France

Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi

Samira

Céline Sallette

Céline Sallette

Clotilde

Jasmine Trinca

Jasmine Trinca

Julie

Adèle Haenel

Adèle Haenel

Léa

Alice Barnole

Alice Barnole

Madeleine

Iliana Zabeth

Iliana Zabeth

Pauline

Judith Lou Lévy

Judith Lou Lévy

Prostitute

Pauline Jacquard

Pauline Jacquard

Prostitute

Anaïs Thomas

Prostitute

Maïa Sandoz

Maïa Sandoz

Prostitute

Joanna Grudzinska

Joanna Grudzinska

Prostitute

Esther Garrel

Esther Garrel

Prostitute

Xavier Beauvois

Xavier Beauvois

Jacques

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Michaux

Jacques Nolot

Jacques Nolot

Maurice

Laurent Lacotte

Sadistic customer

Pierre Léon

Pierre Léon

Customer

Jean-Baptiste Verquin

Customer

Michel Peteau

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