Bertrand Bonello

Paris, 1899. L’Appolonide – a high class brothel or House of Tolerence – is entering it’s final days. La Belle Epoque is coming to an end, and the Madam of the House is being squeezed for more money from the landlord. The film follows the demise of this beautiful house of pleasures through the eyes of the prostitutes who live there. While there is a story to be found in House of Tolerance, it is fluid at best. The film focuses on the visual; the beauty of the House, the beauty of the girls...Read Full Story

House of Tolerance House of Tolerance: Bertrand Bonello continues his fixation on sex with a movie about the world's oldest profession The director of The Pornographer, Bertrand Bonello, returns this week with his newest film, House of Tolerance, and casts his eye upon prostitution in the early 20th century. House of Tolerance explores the last days of an upmarket ‘knocking-shop’, the ladies who work there and the many dangers they face in their ‘chosen’ career. Bonello’s fixation with...Read Full Story

Film Reviews: Arguably writer-helmer Bertrand Bonello's most straightforward pic, and none the worse for it, "House of Tolerance" explores life in an upmarket brothel at the turn of the last century.Read Full Story

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