Pretty Baby
MovieTitle | Pretty Baby |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Apr 5, 1978 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Louis Malle |
Production country | France, United States of America |
Production companies | Paramount Pictures |
Revenue | $5,786,368 |
Run time | 110 min. |
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.