Bertrand Bonello Movies

The Pornographer (2001)
Le pornographe

108 Min
Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and 80’s, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the ’60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre. Older and paunchier, he is now directing a porno again. Jacques’s artistry clashes with his financially-troubled producer’s ideas about shooting hard-core sex. Jacques has...
2001 18+
House of Pleasures (2011)
Souvenirs de la maison close

122 Min
House of Tolerance (2011) Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. The madam essentially owns the women: their expenses exceed earnings, they are in debt. They face problems of pregnancy, opium, age, and violent clients. One reads sociology at her peril. Occasionally, a client talks of marriage. There are also friendships and...
2011 18+