The structure deliberately eschews a conventional plot, instead flowing like shared memories: rivalries spark, fleeting joys are found in a picnic or a masked evening, and the women share their fears, pains, and hopes. Their existence is one of transaction, where sexual commerce is chillingly referred to as "doing commerce", and the madam (Noémie Lvovsky) holds them in a state of perpetual debt.
Set between 1899 and 1900, House of Tolerance takes place almost entirely within the walls of "L'Apollonide," an upscale brothel in Paris. The film captures a transitional moment in history as the 19th century closes and the modern era begins. nonton house of tolerance 2011 exclusive