Pretty Baby overview

Pretty Baby

Synopsis:

After making a series of acclaimed and controversial films in his native France, director Louis Malle made his American debut with this disturbing but visually beautiful story about Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a prostitute working in New Orleans' Storyville district at the turn of the century. When Hattie becomes pregnant, she opts to keep her baby and gives birth to a daughter named Violet, raising her in the brothel where she continues to work. Twelve years later, Violet (Brooke Shields) is old enough to attract the attentions of the brothel's customers, but emotionally has one foot in the adult world of her surroundings and the other in the naïveté of childhood.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Louis Malle
  • Studio: Paramount
  • Year: 1978
  • Run Time: 109 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: New Orleans, LA
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color

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