Pretty Baby (1978)

Name: Pretty Baby
Released: 1978
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas

• Movies, Drama

• 110 min

The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.

Directed by: Louis Malle
Casting: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas, Matthew Anton, Diana Scarwid, Barbara Steele, Gerrit Graham, Don Hood, Seret Scott, Cheryl Markowitz, Susan Manskey, Laura Zimmerman, Miz Mary, Mae Mercer, Pat Perkins, Von Eric Thomas, Sasha Holliday, Lisa Shames, Henry Braden, Patrick M. Burke, C.C. Courtney, Joe Catalanotto, Philip H. Sizeler, Don Lutenbacher, Hobe May, Stocker Fontelieu, Bill Holliday
Countries: France, United States of America
Premiere: 1978-04-05
Status: Released

Tags: virgin, prostitute, photographer, photography, brothel, new orleans, louisiana, loss of virginity, young prostitute, brothel madam, 1910s, child prostitution, demeaning, disheartening, distressing, inflammatory

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.