House of tolerance 2011

At an elegant Parisian bordello at the dawn of the 20th century exists a cloistered world of pleasure, pain, hope, rivalries--and, most of all, slavery. Sign In Sign In.

Possessing static architecture and a cast of low-key actors, the film does not have the energy required to infect even the most vulnerable viewer with its despair or its occasional lightheartedness. Bonello set his film at the end of the 19th century, a transitional time for the sex industry. Brothels could no longer pay for themselves, so the community of women who lived and worked in them split up, individuals moving to the more solitary and dangerous life peddling flesh on the street. The overall feel is claustrophobic, and Bonello and the Madame do not let the women go outside, at least alone, for fear of being charged with solicitation. Most of the women were in serious debt to the Madame, so did not have the freedom to move out and possibly attempt to earn money in a different fashion. What is up on the screen is a stuffy prison of a workplace, so architecturally self-conscious that its use becomes mannered. The overall feel is enervation and resignation.

House of tolerance 2011

The film had its world premiere in the Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival on 16 May The story is set in a luxurious Parisian brothel a 'maison close', like Le Chabanais in the early 20th century, and follows the closeted life of a group of prostitutes: their rivalries, hopes, fears, pleasures and pains. The genesis of the project was a merge of two film ideas Bertrand Bonello had been thinking of. About ten years earlier, he had tried to make a film about modern brothels, but the project had been cancelled. After finishing On War , Bonello decided that he wanted his next film to be about dynamics within a group of women, and his partner suggested a film about prostitutes in a historical setting. The director then became interested in the aspect of a brothel as a closed world from the viewpoint of the prostitutes. The idea of a scar in the form of a smile came from the film The Man Who Laughs , an adaptation of Victor Hugo 's novel with the same name. Bonello says he dreamed about the film two nights in a row while he was writing House of Tolerance , and decided to include a female character with such a scar. Bonello wanted a mixed ensemble of both professionals and amateurs who above all worked well together as a group. Bonello chose to focus the camera on the girls and almost never their clients. He explained: "it reinforces the impression that the prostitute is above the client. I told the actresses: 'Be careful, I want twelve intelligent girls. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Competition section on 16 May The website's consensus reads: "An atmospheric study of the world of brothels, House of Tolerance digs beyond the corseted courtesans and lingers like the languid days it depicts. Phil Coldiron of Slant gave the film four out of four stars, writing: "Not many films have ever approached the possibilities afforded by the slippery subjectivity of cinematic time so directly, or with such intelligence.

Io Capitano Katie Rife. It takes the audience out of their comfort zone. Most of the women were in serious debt to the Madame, so did not have the freedom to move out and possibly attempt to earn money in a different fashion.

Bertrand Bonello's "House of Pleasures" is a morose elegy to the decline of a luxurious Parisian bordello, circa , a closed world in which prostitutes and their clients glide like sleepwalkers through the motions of sex. Elegant and detailed production design creates L'Apollonide, a high-priced whorehouse on a respectable boulevard, where a madam and her women of commerce lead a life as cloistered as in a convent, or a prison. In only one scene, a swimming party on a riverbank, are the girls allowed outside. The house supplies all their needs. There is a stately entrance hall with marble statuary and a staircase leading up to a drawing room that is a cocoon of overstuffed sofas, plush cushions, Oriental rugs, ancient brass lamps, candles, sometimes music on a piano. Here rich men languish with champagne and tobacco while beautiful young women, expensively dressed or undressed, cuddle and caress them, and the madam's sleek black panther dozes on a velvet settee.

Possessing static architecture and a cast of low-key actors, the film does not have the energy required to infect even the most vulnerable viewer with its despair or its occasional lightheartedness. Bonello set his film at the end of the 19th century, a transitional time for the sex industry. Brothels could no longer pay for themselves, so the community of women who lived and worked in them split up, individuals moving to the more solitary and dangerous life peddling flesh on the street. The overall feel is claustrophobic, and Bonello and the Madame do not let the women go outside, at least alone, for fear of being charged with solicitation. Most of the women were in serious debt to the Madame, so did not have the freedom to move out and possibly attempt to earn money in a different fashion. What is up on the screen is a stuffy prison of a workplace, so architecturally self-conscious that its use becomes mannered. The overall feel is enervation and resignation. Even though the women stick together, it is a community of inertness. Except for a few downplayed dramatic scenes — one of the women Lvovsky has her face sliced by a client, another Trinca succumbs to syphilis, the youngest girl Zabeth escapes — almost no dramatic tension passes through the edifice.

House of tolerance 2011

At an elegant Parisian bordello at the dawn of the 20th century exists a cloistered world of pleasure, pain, hope, rivalries--and, most of all, slavery. Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Director Bertrand Bonello. Bertrand Bonello. See production info at IMDbPro.

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International Film Guide She is not a cruel dictator, but remote and stately, gliding through rooms, softly issuing instructions. He tickles her neck and face with a knife. Hafsia Herzi Samira. Noemie Lvovsky as Marie-France. Brothels could no longer pay for themselves, so the community of women who lived and worked in them split up, individuals moving to the more solitary and dangerous life peddling flesh on the street. Crazy credits Dedication before end credits: "For Charlotte". She agrees. As the overhead and rent increase at L'Apollonide, Marie-France is forced out. Why do they come here to work?

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After finishing On War , Bonello decided that he wanted his next film to be about dynamics within a group of women, and his partner suggested a film about prostitutes in a historical setting. Runtime 2 hours 2 minutes. Madeleine Alice Barnole has the illusion that she and her favorite client love each other. Films directed by Bertrand Bonello. There is a stately entrance hall with marble statuary and a staircase leading up to a drawing room that is a cocoon of overstuffed sofas, plush cushions, Oriental rugs, ancient brass lamps, candles, sometimes music on a piano. Subscribe to Screen International Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry. The house supplies all their needs. Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry. Rated NR intended for adults. Hidden categories: CS1 French-language sources fr Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Use dmy dates from January Template film date with 2 release dates Articles containing French-language text Commons category link is on Wikidata.