Pretty Baby
Plot
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.
Release Date
Apr 05, 1978
Casts
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
Director
Louis Malle,
Writer
Louis Malle (Story), Polly Platt (Screenplay), Polly Platt (Story),
Genre
Drama