In 1917, in the red light district of Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq has an attraction for Hallie and Violet , he is an habitué of the whorehouse. One day, Madame Nell auctions Violet’s virginity and the winner pays the fortune of US$ 400 to spend the night with the girl. Then Hattie marries a wealthy client and moves to Saint Louis, leaving Violet in the brothel alone. Violet decides to marry Bellocq, she moves to his house. Until the day when Hattie, who has overcome her past, comes to Bellocq’s house with the intention to take Violet away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySXLffRxokY
MOVIE
Pretty Baby
By Louis Malle, 1978
With Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon
110 min
