In 1917 New Orleans, a wide-eyed but calculating child grows up with her prostitute mother in the brothels of the town's Storyville district. Inspired by E.J. Bellocq's famous photographs from the period, published as "Storyville Portraits".
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Run a Quick Search on "Pretty Baby" starring Keith Carradine to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Pretty Baby"Browse more products related to "Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon and Louis Malle"ReviewSight and Sound, 09/01/1979, p.261, "...Beautifully played by both Carradine and Brooke Shields..." Variety, 04/05/1978, "...The film is handsome..." Total Film, 05/01/2007, p.121, 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a languidly decadent drama..." Title NoteOne of the sources used for background information was Al Rose's book "Storyville". Release NoteDVD Features: Product NotesDirector Louis Malle tackled a social taboo and made 12-year-old Brooke Shields a star with this controversial examination of child prostitution in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. Violet (Shields) is the daughter of a prostitute (Susan Sarandon) who works at one of the brothels in New Orleans' legendary red-light district, Storyville. One day photographer Ernest Bellocq (Keith Carradine) arrives at the brothel to take photos of the prostitutes and becomes fascinated with Violet, who is fast approaching her 12th birthday and a subsequent initiation into prostitution. When her mother moves to St. Louis in search of marriage and respectability, Violet determines to marry the much older Bellocq. Malle infuses the potentially lurid subject matter with a lyrical beauty that brings humanity to his characters and story, with the assistance of a sensitive script by Polly Platt and superb cinematography by Sven Nykvist. If You Enjoy "Pretty Baby (DVD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Pretty Baby (DVD)"There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Drama, General Bestsellers
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