Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

SnoopyStyle It's 1899 Paris. Marie-France Dallaire is the madame of the brothel L'Apollonide. As the months roll by, she is faced with debilitating rent increase from the landlord. Clotilde has been there for 12 years since she was 16. Julie is nicknamed Caca for her specialty. She dreams of going with her married customer Maurice. Léa mails away gifts of her pubic hair. Pauline Deshaies is a 15 year old who writes a letter applying for a job. The movie open with the Jewess Madeleine who has a prophetic dream. She is cut horribly by a customer. These and the other girls deal with the many issues as the brothel threatens to close.I'm not sure if it's a deliberate idea from filmmaker Bertrand Bonello. There is a matter-of-factness to these women. I like to have more history to these interesting characters. It would be great to follow fewer of them and dig deeper into their lives. The Joker face is compelling visually. The tone is one of empty sadness. There isn't really any tension. The rent issue isn't that dramatic. I do have a big problem with the split screen scenes. There remind me of surveillance video and that takes me out of the movie.

Abdjad The titling is written in an unimaginative Arial-type font, a mood that doesn't change until two hours have passed away.If this is meant as a metaphor of a brothel, then the movie succeeded.A parade of sumptuous draperies, robes, champagne, panthers and naked bodies isn't enough to make a good movie - or at least shot as this one is. They are not able to express by themselves ideas or a captivating plot.The only positive aspect is the anachronistic use of modern music for a story set at the end of the 19th century. (Something seen in a much better movie, with some visual and spatial similarities, Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.)

George Gates Here's what you need to know. - Film: looks like crap and looks to be analog in times of RED, Canon 5D/7D, Arri and Phantom camera systems. See "Drive", la casa muda,Celda 211, and Nokas for what that translates to - Cinematography: OK, nothing outstanding, novel or revolutionary, no noteworthy scenes whatsoever (noteworthy: e.g. jumping through window scene in "Ajeosso") - all-out artsy director, which automatically precludes a liking of a majority audience - boring dialogue / no characters to relate to - some intentional scares, just for the sake of selling the movie. - there is no great storyline.NOTHING HAPPENS IN THIS FLICK! In other words no scenes have any subtle meaning which is referenced, resolved and intertwined with later parts of the movie - and let's face it, with 100.000 feature films released each year you don't want to invest your viewing time in mediocrity.Thankfully I turned off after 40minutesVerdict: Avoid

gozu There is no plot - only a stream of images following prostitutes in a bordello. The cinematography is OK and there are many realistic depictions of the female body but the overall result was oh-so-dull. There is no plot, the editing looks like it was done randomly, the continuity is tenuous, the characters are boring.I suffered through the whole movie. I'm giving it 4 stars because I did chuckle 4 times and I suppose it could have been worse somehow. I now feel a profound resentment for the director and the writer(s). What a bunch of self-indulgent jerks. Even Michael Bay does better movies! Michael Bay! Ugh!Don't watch this. I stayed in the movie theater in the hopes the ending would somehow redeem it and because I was with friends.They both strongly disliked it by the way.