Emma, a French novelist aged 27, decide to go to Berlin and join a brothel to uncover the prostitution world, the subject of her new book. Such as gonzo journalism, Emma become a prostitute and her experience, which was supposed to last a few weeks, will last two years. Was writing her book an excuse for Emma to live a shameful fantasy?
Acting
Ana Girardot's slippery performance—never lets you trust Emma's motives.
Production
The brothel's gilded cage aesthetic: too pretty to be honest, too honest to be pretty.
Writing
Refuses easy answers about whether Emma's exploiting or exploring.
Director
Anissa Bonnefont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Emma Becker's memoir 'La Maison'—she really did spend two years in a Berlin brothel and still hasn't revealed her full identity.
Rossy de Palma's casting as Brigida winks at her Pedro Almodóvar past—another universe of women surviving through performance and armor.
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