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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.
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.
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- Louis Malle
- 1978-04-05
Pretty Baby (1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. ... Directed by . Louis Malle Writing Credits
Pretty Baby is a period drama film set in 1910 New Orleans, focusing on the life of Violet, a 12-year-old prostitute, played by Brooke Shields, who lives in a brothel with her mother, Hattie. The film explores themes of adolescence, sexuality, and morality, as Violet's life becomes increasingly entangled with the brothel's patrons and ...
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 ...
Pretty Baby is a 1978 American drama film directed by Louis Malle, starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine and Susan Sarandon. The screenplay was based on Al Rose's book "Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District." The film attracted controversy due to its theme of child prostitution and a nude scene featuring Brooke Shields (who was ...
In Louis Malle. In 1978 he directed Pretty Baby, the story of a 12-year-old resident of a brothel in New Orleans.His later films included the critically acclaimed Atlantic City (1980), a comedy-drama about the emotional renewal of a small-time criminal; My Dinner with André (1981), an unusual film consisting almost entirely…
