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House of Pleasure

Le plaisir (1952)

Drama, Comedy, Romantic | France

Director: Max Ophüls

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Rating: 7.6/10

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SYNOPSIS

Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women, pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Julia Tellier (Madeleine Renaud) taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion, pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean (Daniel Gélin) the painter falling in love with his model, pleasure and death.

Actors

Writer: Guy de Maupassant, Jacques Natanson

Producer: Édouard Harispuru, M. Kieffer

Narrator: Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook

RUNTIME: 97 min

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