Pretty Baby

Apr 5, 1978

1h 50m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Violet

Brooke Shields

Bellocq

Keith Carradine

Hattie

Susan Sarandon

Nell

Frances Faye

Professor

Antonio Fargas

Red Top

Matthew Anton

Frieda

Diana Scarwid

Josephine

Barbara Steele

Highpockets

Gerrit Graham

Alfred Fuller

Don Hood

Flora

Seret Scott

Gussie

Cheryl Markowitz

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