House of Pleasures – IFC Center
CONTRAPUNTOS: lush, atmospheric look at the final days of an elegant, turn-of-the-century brothel, we go inside the cloistered walls of L’Apollonide to meet the Madam (Noemie Lvovsky), her elite clientele, and some dozen “girls” — veterans and newcomers, romantics and cynics, schemers and innocents. Upending the period drama with split screens, time shifts and a modern soundtrack, this is a provocative and beautiful film about the world’s oldest profession — and an exploration of how the past is remembered.
Official selection: Cannes, Toronto International Film Festivals
NR, 125 Minutes, FrenchFranceOfficial Website: http://www.sundanceselects.com
"Visually ravishing, troublingly seductive."- Village Voice
