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Pretty Baby
Release Date: April 05, 1978
Year | : | 1978 |
Slogan | : | «In 1917, in the red-light district of New Orleans, they called her "Pretty Baby"» |
Genres | : | Drama |
Production Companies | : | Paramount |
Director | : | Louis Malle |
Producers | : | Juliet Taylor, Gary Chason, Louis Malle, Polly Platt, Lindsley Parsons Jr., Al Rose, Tony Wade |
Writers | : | Louis Malle, Polly Platt, Polly Platt |
RunTime | : | 110 mins. |
Revenue | : | 5786368 |
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.
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