House Of Tolerance

Guardian“Here to prove that misogyny never quite goes out of style in the cinema...” Bonello seems about as jaded and contemptuous of his Paris brothel setting as the clientele...

Time Out“A striking mix of plush visuals, knife-edge drama and provocative ideas...” Seductive on the surface, steely underneath, this is an angry, fascinating, highly political film all wrapped up in costumed frilliness...

Total Film “Languid yet claustrophobic...” Cutting backwards and forwards in time, and making expressive use of anachronistic music (‘Nights In White Satin’), writer/director Bertrand Bonello brews a rich atmosphere...

Little White Lies“Dazzling and deep. You’ll want to go back for more...” One of the most enlightened and adventurous films released in cinemas for some while...

Empire“Erotically charged but overlong and untroubled by too much plotting...” We’re thrown into this world headfirst, in the period detail and the grace of an ensemble cast spurred by the easy motions of Bonello’s camera. But this grows overlong, opaque and impressionistic...

this is london“Varying degrees of fascination and boredom...” Clearly Bonello is suggesting that these girls are more or less elegant slaves. But generally he leaves us to our own thoughts. They are not always favourable towards this rather passive film, but it does linger in the mind...

Film4“Languid and stylish...” Seduces you with all the skill and subtlety of the courtesans it depicts. Though it should probably come with a pretentiousness warning for non-arthouse fans...

The Independent“Bleak, unyielding yet sumptuously beautiful...” Bonello overstretches the languor at the expense of dramatic momentum. But there are images here that will burn long in the memory...