Directed by:
Bertrand BonelloScreenplay:
Bertrand BonelloCinematography:
Josée DeshaiesComposer:
Bertrand BonelloCast:
Adèle Haenel, Jasmine Trinca, Hafsia Herzi, Noémie Lvovsky, Céline Sallette, Pierre Léon, Lucie Borleteau, Frédéric Epaud, Guillaume Verdier, Laurent Lacotte (more)Plots(1)
The genesis of the project was a merge of two film ideas Bertrand Bonello had been thinking of. About ten years earlier he had tried to make a film about modern brothels, but the project had been cancelled. After finishing De la guerre from 2008, Bonello decided that he wanted his next film to be about dynamics within a group of females, and his partner suggested a film about prostitutes in a historical setting. The director then became interested in the aspect of a brothel as a closed world from the viewpoint of the prostitutes. The idea of a scar in the form of a smile came from the film The Man Who Laughs, an adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel with the same name. Bonello says he dreamed about the film two nights in a row while he was writing House of Tolerance, and decided to include a female character with such a scar. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Adèle Haenel
France
Best movies:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
The Devils (2002)
120 Beats Per Minute (2017)
Jasmine Trinca
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Youth (2003) (series)
Crime Novel (2005)
Superheroes (2021)
Hafsia Herzi
France
Best movies:
The Source (2011)
The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Mektoub, My Love (2017)
Noémie Lvovsky
France
Best movies:
Guilty (2011)
Le Skylab (2011)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Céline Sallette
France
Best movies:
Regular Lovers (2005)
Rust and Bone (2012)
The Connection (2014)
Pierre Léon
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Le Pont des Arts (2004)
The Portuguese Woman (2018)
La France (2007)
Lucie Borleteau
Best movies:
House of Tolerance (2011)
The Story of Richard O (2007)
A Change of Heart (2021)
Frédéric Epaud
France
Best movies:
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
13 (2005)
Laurent Lacotte
Best movies:
La France (2007)
Around a Small Mountain (2009)
Holy Motors (2012)
Iliana Zabeth
Best movies:
Les Cowboys (2015)
Young & Beautiful (2013)
House of Tolerance (2011)
Pauline Jacquard
Best movies:
My Little Princess (2011)
House of Tolerance (2011)
Saint Laurent (2014)
Judith Lou Lévy
Best movies:
House of Tolerance (2011)
Joanna Grudzinska
Best movies:
The Offsiders (2008)
House of Tolerance (2011)
Saint Laurent (2014)
Esther Garrel
France
Best movies:
Wild Innocence (2001)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
The Vortex of Life (2022)
Anaïs Romand
Best movies:
House of Tolerance (2011)
Saint Laurent (2014)
Justin Taurand
Best movies:
House of Tolerance (2011)
Antonia Buresi
Best movies:
Other People's Children (2022)
Summertime (2015)
Real Love (2018)
Anaïs Thomas
Best movies:
House of Tolerance (2011)
Saint Laurent (2014)
Marguerite & Julien (2015)
Alice Barnole
Best movies:
The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
Renoir (2012)
House of Tolerance (2011)