Description: At the beginning of the 20th century, Violet, just 12 years old, is already growing into the world of prostitution, as she lives with her mother in a brothel in New Orleans.But when her mother starts a bourgeois life, Violet runs away and becomes the mistress of a much older photographer.With its millieu and especially that of the age of its young title character, this Hollywood production by Frenchman Louis Malle stirred up a lot of dust when it premiered. Yet he handles his theme of innocence, coming of age and love for sale neither speculatively nor moralizingly. Sensitively and atmospherically staged, the film is an unforgettable moral picture.ReviewsLexikon des Int.Films: "New Orleans at the beginning of the Century: 12 year old Violet grows up with her mother in the In the notorious Storyville brothel district and is introduced to prostitution at an early age is introduced to prostitution at an early age. Later, when her mother begins to live a middle-class life, Violet runs away Violet runs away and becomes the mistress of a photographer Malle treats the delicate subject neither speculatively nor moralistic, but rather achieves an ambivalence through his restrained distanced narrative style, which unsettles the viewer's Unsettles the viewer's expectations and forces him to forces them to confront the issue."
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Type: Movie
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Language: English
Actor: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Antonio Fargas
Genre: Drama
Movie/TV Title: Pretty Baby (1978 film)
