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House of Tolerance

Summary: 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.

Release Date: November 25, 2011

Genre: Drama

Director: Bertrand Bonello

Writer: Bertrand Bonello

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films du Lendemain, My New Picture, Arte France Cinéma, ARTE, Canal+, Ciné+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Soficinéma 6 Développement, Soficinéma 7, Cinémage 5

Distributor: IFC Midnight

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,327

International: $ 1,370,593

Box office:

Budget:$4MDomestic:$19.3KInternational:$1.4MWorldwide:$1.4M

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72% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

13% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White87.5%Mixed / Other6.25%Arab6.25%

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House of Tolerance, 2011 - ★★

I want a macaroon.

An otherwise sprawling yet inward look at the life of prostitutes during the turn of the 20th century Paris. L’Appolllonide is dreary and meandering for most of its runtime, bordering...

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May 22nd 2022

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House of Tolerance, 2011 - ★★★★★

Bertrand Bonello’s House of Tolerance is a formalistic period piece about prostitutes in an upscale Paris bordello, L'Apollonide, circa 1900. With an observational approach that’s sympathetic...

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Dec 31st 2019

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