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House of Pleasures(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-09-21
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276 Votes
Time: 2h 6m
Overview:
The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.
Languages: French, Spanish.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Les Films du Lendemain
My New Picture
Movie: House of Pleasures
Top 10 Billed Cast
Noémie Lvovsky
Marie-France
Hafsia Herzi
Samira
Céline Sallette
Clotilde
Jasmine Trinca
Julie
Adèle Haenel
Léa
Alice Barnole
Madeleine
Iliana Zabeth
Pauline
Judith Lou Lévy
Prostitute
Pauline Jacquard
Prostitute
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