: The series serves as a "lieu de mémoire" (site of memory), using the historical setting to comment on the legal and social standing of sex work then and now. Valérie Karsenti’s Artistic Range

Valérie Karsenti stars in the French television drama , which aired from 2010 to 2013. Set in 1871 Paris, the series explores the lives of women in "Le Paradis," a luxury brothel during a time of legalized prostitution. Role in Maison Close