House of Tolerance (French: L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, also known as House of Pleasures) is a 2011 French drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello,[3] starring Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Alice Barnole, Iliana Zabeth and Noémie Lvovsky.

Bonello says he dreamed about the film two nights in a row while he was writing House of Tolerance, and decided to include a female character with such a scar.

The production received €540,000 from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) and €416,000 from the Île-de-France region, as well as pre-sales investment from Canal+ and CinéCinéma.

The website's consensus reads: "An atmospheric study of the world of brothels, House of Tolerance digs beyond the corseted courtesans and lingers like the languid days it depicts.

"[10] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 75 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

"[12] Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of four stars, describing it as "a morose elegy to the decline of a luxurious Parisian bordello, circa 1900, a closed world in which prostitutes and their clients glide like sleepwalkers through the motions of sex.