1978 Film - Pretty Baby

In the end, Pretty Baby isn’t about Storyville. It’s about us—the viewers, the collectors, the voyeurs. And that is why, 45 years later, it still burns.

Set in New Orleans' Storyville red-light district around 1917, the film follows 12-year-old Violet (Brooke Shields), who grows up in a brothel run by her mother Hattie (Susan Sarandon). Violet is photographed by a traveling photographer, Albert "Snapper" Grimes (Keith Carradine), who becomes infatuated and forms a complicated relationship with her and Hattie. The story explores Violet’s coming-of-age against a backdrop of prostitution, family, and moral ambiguity as World War I approaches and the district faces closure. pretty baby 1978 film

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