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2010 All 2 Seasons
A cast of gorgeous women trapped by circumstances reside in “Paradise,” a top-rate “closed house” reserved for aristocratic or bourgeois clientele and known for its strange and refined practices during a time of legalized prostitution.
Genre: Drama · Drama Series · Drama
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8 Episodes
1 - Episode 1 58 min
Vera is set to leave The Paradise brothel for good. However, madam Hortense Gaillac owes money to a dangerous debt collector and is willing to resort to anything to keep her.
2 - Episode 2 56 min
Forced into service at The Paradise, Rose manages to escape before being tracked down by the police. After one of the girls is assaulted, Véra organizes a strike in protest, causing a strain on the brothel’s finances.
3 - Episode 3 55 min
Hortense’s detestable brother Pierre, recently arrived in France, quickly resolves the strike organized by the ladies of The Paradise. Rose finds herself struggling to adjust to her new life.
4 - Episode 4 55 min
Hortense must defend against the machinations of Pierre, who wants to leverage the Paradise for his own gains. A police investigation is launched in response to Véra’s claims. Rose finds a photo of her mother in the house archives.
5 - Episode 5 53 min
Pierre continues to use The Paradise to serve his own purposes, inviting many wealthy clients on his own accord. Hortense is furious. Rose, always in search of information about her mother, presses Hortense, who reveals her mother’s true identity.
6 - Episode 6 56 min
Angéle’s fiancée, Brise Caboche, is desperate to obtain her freedom and blackmails Hortense, who has no choice but to ask her brother for money. Meanwhile, Rose confides in Véra how she plans to escape The Paradise: seducing Pierre.
7 - Episode 7 1 h
Hortense wants to terminate Angéle’s pregnancy, but the other women band together to allow her to keep the baby. Believing her mother to have died at The Paradise, Rose seduces Pierre in an attempt to gain her freedom.
8 - Episode 8 53 min
Pierre will stop at nothing to save himself and begins to entertain the most outrageous customer requests. Hortense mounts a strong opposition, aided by Véra and Rose. Along the way, Rose finally discovers the truth about her mother…and her own past.
Following the suppression of la Commune, a short-lived workers’ revolutionary movement in the 1870s, a cast of gorgeous women trapped by circumstances reside in “Paradise,” a top-rate “closed house” reserved for aristocratic or bourgeois clientele and known for its strange and refined practices during a time of legalized prostitution. Hortense (Valérie Karsenti) is the ruthless madame who runs her business with an iron fist; Véra (Anne Charrier) is the stunning star courtesan in her 30s nearing the end of her career; and country ingénue Rose (Jemima West), arrives in search of her mother, only to be blackmailed into becoming a prostitute.
Genre: Drama · Drama Series · Drama
Languages: French