Pretty Baby

The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.

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.

Director

Louis Malle

Brooke Shields

as Violet

Keith Carradine

as Bellocq

Susan Sarandon

as Hattie

Frances Faye

as Nell

Antonio Fargas

as Professor