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House of Tolerance (2011)

★ 6.7Not Rated122 min

2011 film by Bertrand Bonello

House of Tolerance (French: L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, also known as House of Pleasures) is a 2011 French drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, starring Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Alice Barnole, Iliana Zabeth and Noémie Lvovsky. The film had its world premiere in the Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2011.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is House of Tolerance about?
House of Tolerance (2011) — Life in an elegant early-20th-century Parisian brothel. The madam essentially owns the women: their expenses exceed earnings; they are in debt. They face problems of pregnancy, opium, age, and violent clients. One reads sociology at her peril. Occasionally, a client talks of marr
Is House of Tolerance based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is House of Tolerance scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.