Pretty Baby ( 1978 )

Pretty Baby ( 1978 ) (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Louis Malle

Written By:
Polly Platt

Actors:
Brooke Shields ..... Violet
Keith Carradine ..... Bellocq
Susan Sarandon ..... Hattie
Frances Faye ..... Nell
Antonio Fargas ..... Professor
Matthew Anton ..... Red Top
Diana Scarwid ..... Frieda
Barbara Steele ..... Josephine
Seret Scott ..... Flora
Cheryl Markowitz ..... Gussie
Susan Manskey ..... Fanny
Laura Zimmerman ..... Agnes
Miz Mary ..... Odette
Gerrit Graham ..... Highpockets
Mae Mercer ..... Mama Mosebery

Synopsis:

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 habitué 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.

1917, the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville - New Orleans' red-light district. Hattie, a prostitute at the elegant home of Madame Nell, and her 12-year-old daughter Violet are the only ones awake with photographer Ernest J. Bellocq comes by with his camera. He takes pictures of Hattie and he fascinates Violet. Over the next few months, Nell arranges for the auction of Violet's virginity, Hattie marries and goes to St. Louis leaving Violet behind, and Violet determines to marry Bellocq. Is this idyllic or is she just a girl wearing rouge, soon to return to childhood?

A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in the early decades of America, only to know her body is for bounty.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 October, 2017.

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