Maison Close: Season 1 DVD (2012) Jemima West cert 18 3 discs Title: Maison Close: Season 1 Leading Actor: Jemima West Region: Region 2 Duration: 422 mins Format: DVD / Normal Type: DVD No. of Discs: 3 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Arrow Films UK Release Date: 03 Sep 2012 The complete first series of the French drama following the women working in a Parisian brothel known as Paradise in 1871. Owner Hortense (Val?rie Karsenti) looks after her girls while fending off a gangster who wants her money; V?ra (Anne Charrier), who is in her mid-thirties, knows at her age she will be unable to continue as a prostitute much longer and hopes that a wealthy client will be able to take care of her debt; and Rose (Jemima West) is still very young when she comes to Paris to find her mother and ends up working at Paradise.