Pretty Baby

Drama · 1978R

Internationally acclaimed director Louis Malle has taken a taboo subject - child prostitution - and has created in Pretty Baby a film of humanity and beauty. E.J. Bellocq (Keith Carradine) is a photographer obsessed with the prostitutes in New Orleans' red-light district. Violet (12-year-old Brooke Shields), a young girl in 1917, bewitches Carradine with her curiosity and naive coquettishness. Malle's level-headed treatment of this controversial theme and exceptional performances by the entire cast (especially Susan Sarandon as Violet's prostitute mother) makes Pretty Baby a must-see for all serious film fans.

Starring

Brooke Shields, Juliet Taylor, Suzanne Baron, Keith Carradine, James L. Berkey, Susan Sarandon, Sven Nykvist, Frances Faye, Gary Chason, Gary Chason, Sven Nykvist, Antonio Fargas

Director

Louis Malle