Pretty Baby
1978 · ★ 6.9 · Dir. Louis Malle
In 1917, in the red-light district of New Orleans, they called her "Pretty Baby"
Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.
- Released
- 1978-04-05
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Box office
- $5.8M
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Brooke Shields
Violet
Keith Carradine
Bellocq
Susan Sarandon
Hattie
Frances Faye
Nell
Antonio Fargas
Professor
Matthew Anton
Red Top
Diana Scarwid
Frieda
Barbara Steele
Josephine
Gerrit Graham
Highpockets
Don Hood
Alfred Fuller
Seret Scott
Flora
Cheryl Markowitz
Gussie
Keywords
New orleans, usaPhotographerProstitutePhotographyBrothelVirginEarly 1900sChild prostitutionLoss of virginityYoung prostituteBrothel madamNew orleans, louisiana
