Pretty Baby

4/5/19781h 50m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Director:

Louis Malle

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$5,786,368.00

Key words:

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

Cast

Brooke Shields

~ as ~

Violet

Keith Carradine

~ as ~

Bellocq

Susan Sarandon

~ as ~

Hattie

Frances Faye

~ as ~

Nell

Antonio Fargas

~ as ~

Professor

Matthew Anton

~ as ~

Red Top

Diana Scarwid

~ as ~

Frieda

Barbara Steele

~ as ~

Josephine

Gerrit Graham

~ as ~

Highpockets

Don Hood

~ as ~

Alfred Fuller

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
1
So.... why one star? Because, honestly, it's boring. It kind of does to New Orleans' red-light district what Reds did to John Reed.... sucked all the excitement out of the story in an effort to make it artistic.

It's well acted, but it's weak on plot, weak on story, weak on entertainment.... but, like Reds, it's one of those movies that you have to watch because 41 years after the fact it is still being talked about.

But, to be fair, I guess it's hard to make a movie about someone that takes pictures and make it riveting. After all, E. J. Bellocq wasn't exactly Robert Capa