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Pretty Baby. (1978 film) Pretty Baby is a 1977 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon. Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans by her prostitute mother.
- Louis Malle
- Ferdinand Morton
- April 5, 1978
Apr 5, 1978 · Pretty Baby: Directed by Louis Malle. With Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye. A preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.
- (12K)
- Drama
- Louis Malle
- 1978-04-05
A 12-year-old girl (Brooke Shields) lives in a New Orleans brothel with her mother (Susan Sarandon) and befriends a photographer (Keith Carradine). The film explores her coming of age and her relationship with the photographer, who wants to take her away from the brothel.
- (181)
- Louis Malle
- R
- Brooke Shields
A review of Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby", a film about a twelve-year-old girl who is raised in a brothel in New Orleans and auctioned off to a man who will deflower her. The reviewer praises the film's treatment of its period of history and its characters, and its use of ragtime music and blues to evoke the mood and culture of Storyville.
The movie opens with eleven-year-old Violet (played by a 12-year-old Brooke Shields) watching the birth of her baby brother. This echoes her own beginnings as the daughter of prostitute Hattie ( Susan Sarandon) and an unknown client. Violet is one of several children living at Madam Nell's ( Frances Faye) swanky New Orleans brothel in 1917.
Pretty Baby. A photographer in turn-of-the-century New Orleans who takes pictures in the red-light district, becomes bewitched by a prepubescent girl being raised in the brothel where her mother works. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. A photographer in turn-of-the-century New Orleans who ...
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A drama film about a 12-year-old girl who becomes a prostitute in a New Orleans brothel and befriends a photographer. Based on a true story, the film explores the themes of childhood, sexuality, and exploitation.
