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The story centers on (played by a then 12-year-old Brooke Shields ), who is raised in a high-class brothel run by a madam named Nell. Her mother, Hattie ( Susan Sarandon ), is a prostitute who eventually leaves the brothel to marry a customer, leaving Violet behind. The film follows Violet's transition into the "business," including a controversial sequence where her virginity is auctioned off to the highest bidder.

: The story follows Violet (Shields), a young girl raised in a high-class brothel where her mother, Hattie (Susan Sarandon), works. As Violet reaches puberty, her virginity is auctioned off, and she eventually enters a complex relationship with a photographer, Bellocq (Keith Carradine), who is based on the real-life historical figure E.J. Bellocq. Pretty Baby -1978- Ok.ru

: Violet’s mother, a prostitute who eventually leaves the life to marry a businessman, only to return later to claim her daughter. The story centers on (played by a then

Directed by the acclaimed French filmmaker Louis Malle ("Au Revoir les Enfants," "Atlantic City"), "Pretty Baby" transports viewers to 1917 New Orleans. The plot follows Violet (Brooke Shields), a pre-adolescent girl living in a lavish brothel run by the pragmatic Madame Nell (Frances Faye). Violet’s mother, Hattie (Susan Sarandon, in an early breakout role), is a working prostitute who is more concerned with her own survival than her daughter’s future. : The story follows Violet (Shields), a young

The film remains a paradox: a masterpiece of visual storytelling and a painful relic of Hollywood’s treatment of young actors. Louis Malle always defended it, saying, "I did not make a film about child prostitution. I made a film about innocence surviving in a corrupt world."