Film1978110 min

Pretty Baby

Name: Pretty Baby
Genre: Drama
Released: 1978
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas

Taste attributes: dramaslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyglossyemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationship

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"In 1917, in the red-light district of New Orleans, they called her "Pretty Baby""

Boxlist takeExpect a serious, original drama, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.9 /10

TMDB · 190 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

Hattie, a New Orleans hooker, 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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