House Of Tolerance details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Hafsia Herzi, Jasmine Trinca, Adele Haenel |
| Director: | Bertrand Bonello |
| Genres: | Drama - Romantic, Gay/Lesbian - General, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Original title | L'apollonide |
| Name | Discs | |
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House Of Tolerance |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 2 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 27 Jul 2012 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Harsh and uncomfortable but a fine film
By erp (67 reviews) from Manchester , 27 Oct 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
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At least one of the professional reviews of this film was surprisingly unintelligent, I thought. One thing it certainly doesn't do is glamourise the life of the house of tolerance. The elegance and luxury of the mise en scene of such houses is sumptuously presented, only to be exposed as a mask over the realities of exhausting drudgery by women with no illusions about what they're doing or why they doing it. Few of their clients seem to nurse many illusions either, though some do show real affection for the women with whom they have a special relationship. Watching how calculation, shame, boredom, disgust, weary toleration and fear flicker through the eyes of the girls as they go through their paces, I thought how subtle both the acting and the directing are, and the cinematography is brilliant.
Nor was the film titillating. I think you'd have to be exceptionally hormonal or unused to the sight of naked bodies to find it so. Yes, there was lots of nudity and there were beautiful bodies, but the women wore their flesh in such a jaded, matter of fact way and the lovelessness of the sexual transactions was so apparent that there was nothing erotic about it.
But this wasn't just a predictably moralistic attack on prostitution. It was a fllm that enlarged your understanding and sympathy for the characters on every level.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(6)real and deep
By a customer , 16 Apr 2013It is more realistic then even the series Maison Close,it is a deep dark realistic world of was and still is. Very well shot,directed and written...bit long and slow so had to watch it in two segments.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Enthralling, Sensual, Rivetting
By a customer , 26 Feb 2013This had remained in my priority list for so lone I thought LF must have lost it...but eventually I received it, and it was well worth the wait. First things first...if you are expecting a peep show this will disappoint. It is very frank about turn-of the -20th Century commercial sex, but it's a serious look at the lives of the bonded young women who entered the 'closed house'. This film looks fantastic, leading you into the world of the house as if you are there, and clearly is the work of a very serious director...but it is never dull. The daily routines are observed, but they fascinate rather than bore. It pulls no punches...eventually; to start with we see the women as almost enjoying themselves...but, as the film develops, the corruption (moral and physical) appears from underneath the veneer. Those of a more strict morality might find this a hard watch, but this is a beautifully-realised attempt to examine and reveal an aspect of life of which most of us have no personal knowledge. To my eyes and brain the director succeeds totally.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A house of women, and the v is for vapid.
By a customer , 08 Dec 2012A film about a brothel in Paris at the end of the 19th century. Costumes, lighting, furnishings...that's it. The rest is a bore. If there was an explanation for why the girls had entered the house, why they were in debt to the madam, or why tey couldn't just unlock the door and walk out, I missed it. Who knew a house of pleasure could be so dull.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Harsh and uncomfortable but a fine film
By erp (67 reviews) from Manchester , 27 Oct 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
[Highly rated reviewer]
At least one of the professional reviews of this film was surprisingly unintelligent, I thought. One thing it certainly doesn't do is glamourise the life of the house of tolerance. The elegance and luxury of the mise en scene of such houses is sumptuously presented, only to be exposed as a mask over the realities of exhausting drudgery by women with no illusions about what they're doing or why they doing it. Few of their clients seem to nurse many illusions either, though some do show real affection for the women with whom they have a special relationship. Watching how calculation, shame, boredom, disgust, weary toleration and fear flicker through the eyes of the girls as they go through their paces, I thought how subtle both the acting and the directing are, and the cinematography is brilliant.
Nor was the film titillating. I think you'd have to be exceptionally hormonal or unused to the sight of naked bodies to find it so. Yes, there was lots of nudity and there were beautiful bodies, but the women wore their flesh in such a jaded, matter of fact way and the lovelessness of the sexual transactions was so apparent that there was nothing erotic about it.
But this wasn't just a predictably moralistic attack on prostitution. It was a fllm that enlarged your understanding and sympathy for the characters on every level.- Was this review helpful to you?
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How Times Have Changed
By OscarFreak (417 reviews) from London , 13 Oct 2012A very elegant film highlighting a bygone era where sex in a controlled manner had its place in society but fighting the ever changing demands of said society at the turn of the twentieth century. Wonderful and evocative set, an ensemble cast to die for makes this a film for those who will appreciate it a must see!- Was this review helpful to you?
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