House of Tolerance
2011
Drama
2h 2m
Set at the dawn of the 20th century, a prostitute is disfigured for life by a man - bearing a facial scar in the shape of a tragic smile. (screenbase.screendaily.com)
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House of Tolerance
2011
Drama
2h 2m
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Rated 29 Oct 2011
64
56th
Fine, sometimes impressively dizzying. But I keep imagining how great this could be if Bonello had the sense of directing an entire horror film, instead of a pair of frightening scenes: L'apollonide would be even more decadent, anti-erotic and suffocating, and its old fragrances would totally immerse the screen in anguish.
Rated 29 Oct 2011
Rated 13 Jun 2012
80
91st
A deceptively languid pace conceals a complex and genuinely unusual exploration of sexuality, commerce and identity. Like TIRESIA, it features a very specific act of violence perpetrated against a prostitute, and Bonello does indeed seem to be developing his thematic concerns, style and technique in very interesting and promising directions. Some very striking imagery and very good use of music. In part seems to refer to McCABE & MRS MILLER, but this is even more downbeat.
Rated 13 Jun 2012
Rated 29 Jan 2013
70
55th
Atmospheric, though slow-moving and not always thát interesting. The moments it dips into almost-horror territory are very powerful though, going hand-in-hand with the feelings of isolation and captivity. Looks gorgeous too, and not just because the cast is mainly scantily clad French beauties. Well, ok, it certainly doesn't hurt the experience.
Rated 29 Jan 2013
Rated 04 Mar 2015
8
97th
not the dour european arthouse effort i was expecting, either through the calculated misanthropy of a lars von trier, or the stern disapproval of a michael haneke, or the minimalist melancholy of a robert bresson. for all its atmospherics and themes, what spoke to me more than anything else was its deeply poignant expression of female friendship in the worst of circumstances. it is important that while the film is set in the early twentieth century, it is clearly anachronised to the present day.
Rated 04 Mar 2015
Rated 11 Sep 2012
78
89th
"Tears of white semen/Your mouth is on the mend." - The Bonello Blues
Rated 11 Sep 2012
Rated 12 Apr 2022
82
58th
Prostitution has probably always been in general a system that makes sure men's violent potentials get contained by keeping women under strong power, but undeniably, there was a time when this containing was partially a channelling of those potentials towards expenditure and aesthetics, before this task was massively taken over by consumerism, online porn and Belle Delphine.
Rated 12 Apr 2022
Rated 12 Aug 2020
90
89th
What an opening! The first scene of the movie is pretty good, too.
Rated 12 Aug 2020
Rated 01 Nov 2012
75
66th
Slow-paced and stylistically uneven but elaborately crafted film that finds the humanity and explores the tragedy of female sex workers in an elegant Parisian brothel.
Rated 01 Nov 2012
Rated 12 Nov 2021
85
51st
I strongly dislike split screens in film. Just cut really fast 8 times instead
Rated 12 Nov 2021
Rated 19 Feb 2024
75
76th
Bonello creates a stimulating atmosphere, as casual as life but effortlessly dramatised, evocative and sensual as some of the literature of the period.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
Rated 10 May 2014
7
94th
introduced me to possibly my favourite song of all time so clearly a masterpiece
Rated 10 May 2014
Rated 18 Feb 2016
19
99th
Star Rating: ★★★★★
Rated 18 Feb 2016
Rated 01 Dec 2012
2
14th
Basically an unintentional parody of stuffy French art films. Pretty hard to sit through.
Rated 01 Dec 2012
Rated 24 Dec 2012
40
97th
"A brief history of time and space, according to Bertrand Bonello." - Phil Coldiron
Rated 24 Dec 2012
Rated 11 Apr 2014
94
94th
a post-feminist Proust rewrites The Story Of O by way of Robbe-Grillet... or something?
Rated 11 Apr 2014
Rated 28 Nov 2016
55
44th
Bizarre shit. Bonello's perspective deserves to be watch. However too many characters, too many stories. You may start your focus easily like I did.
Rated 28 Nov 2016
Rated 23 May 2013
65
20th
bakalım trierin filmi bunu gecebilecek mi ?
filmi ustad recep baba sayesinde izlemistim, malum kisi ve culop culop :=)) ali baba anladı
Rated 23 May 2013
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