Pretty Baby

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-04-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (6697 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Malle

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Brooke Shields Keith Carradine Susan Sarandon Frances Faye

Writer:

Polly Platt (story)

Polly Platt (screenplay)

Louis Malle (story)

Fullplot:

In 1917, in the red light district Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq has an attraction to Hallie and Violet and he is an habituè of the whorehouse. One day, Madame Nell auctions Violet's virginity and the winner pays the fortune of US$ 400 to spend the night with the girl. Then Hattie marries a wealthy client and moves to Saint Louis, leaving Violet in the brothel alone. Violet decides to marry Bellocq and she moves to his house. Until the day that Hattie, who has overcome her past, comes to Bellocq's house with the intention to take Violet with her.

Comments:

Laborum ab culpa nam totam. Ipsam debitis nam consequuntur nesciunt reprehenderit ratione magni deserunt. Distinctio iste quia maiores temporibus dolor. Alias pariatur consectetur cum minima.

By:

Justin Williams

Recommended Movies

Pieces of April

A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinne...

Big Miracle

In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend - a Greenpeace volunteer - on a campaign to save a fami...

Look Who's Talking Now

In this, the third film, it's the pets who do the talking. The Ubriacco's find themselves the owners of two dogs, Rocks,...

Mumford

In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a quest...

Godzilla

An enormous, radioactively mutated lizard runs rampant in Manhattan.

Sharpe's Sword

Sharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic issues, a traumatized youn...

Intimate Relations

Harold Guppy moves into the Beasley household as a lodger. Before long Mrs. Beasley falls for him and eventually ends up...

A Streetcar Named Desire

Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the restless years following World War Two, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is ...

Become a Movie Insider

Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.