Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. The madam essentially owns the women: their expenses exceed earnings, they are in debt. They face problems of pregnancy, opium, age, and violent clients. One reads sociology at her peril. Occasionally, a client talks of marriage. There are also friendships and affection among the women. The madam is in a dispute with her landlord and calls on influential clients to help. There’s a picnic one summer day, a wake, and an evening in masks. Have they expectations? In a coda, we watch a street scene in contemporary Paris.
Release Date: 25 November 2011Runtime: 122 min
Stars:
- Adèle Haenel
- Alice Barnole
- Anaïs Thomas
- Céline Sallette
- Esther Garrel
- Hafsia Herzi
- Iliana Zabeth
- Jacques Nolot
- Jasmine Trinca
- Joanna Grudzinska
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
- Maia Sandoz
- Noémie Lvovsky
- Pauline Jacquard
- Xavier Beauvois
Director: Bertrand Bonello
