Brooke Shields
Violet
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Pretty Baby is a 1978 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.
Apr 5, 1978 · A film by Louis Malle about a preteen girl who lives and works as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917. Starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine and Susan Sarandon, the film explores the themes of innocence, sexuality and exploitation.
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Apr 29, 2023 · Movie scenes from the movie Pretty Baby. A 1978 film of Brooke Shields and Louis Malle. Discover the most famous scenes and watch a film resume.
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In 1917, in the red light district Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq has an attraction to Hallie and Violet and he is an habitué of the whorehouse.
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. 3,055 IMDb 6.5 1 h 49 min 1978. X-Ray R. Drama · Serious · Bold · Eerie. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. SD $3.99 $3.79. Buy. SD $12.39.
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Violet, a 12-year-old daughter of a New Orleans prostitute, befriends a photographer who captures her innocence and loss of it. The movie is based on a true story and features Polly Platt and Louis Malle in the cast and crew.
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he...
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