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3 unusual facts about House of Tolerance


House of Pleasure

House of Pleasures better known as House of Tolerance (French title: L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), 2011 French drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello

House of Tolerance

Left to right: Bertrand Bonello, Iliana Zabeth, Pauline Jacquard, Maïa Sandoz, Judith Lou Lévy, Alice Barnole, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Lvovsky, unidentified.

The genesis of the project was a merge of two film ideas Bertrand Bonello had been thinking of.


Glasgow smile

The Glasgow smile has been inflicted on characters in multiple films and television programs, including Green Street, House of Tolerance, The Krays, Sons of Anarchy, Pan's Labyrinth, and 2008's The Dark Knight, in which Heath Ledger as the Joker both has the scar and carves it on numerous victims.


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