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title: "Pretty Baby"
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# Pretty Baby

**Price:** € 33.25
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- **What is this?** Pretty Baby
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## Description

Internationally acclaimed director Louis Malle has taken a taboo subject --child prostitution-- and created in Pretty Baby a film of humanity and beauty. E.J. Bellocq (Keith Carradine) is a photographer in 1917 obsessed with the prostitutes in New Orleans' red-light district. Violet (12-year-old Brooke Shields), a young girl, bewitches Bellocq with her curiosity and naive coquettishness. Malle's level-headed treatment of this controversial theme and exceptional performances by the entire cast (especially Susan Sarandon as Violet's prostitute mother) make Pretty Baby a must-see for all serious film fans.

Review: Pretty Baby. Controversial and well acted. - A classic film. Controversial yet great acting for that time period. A very young Brooke Shields. Recommended. Thanks.
Review: good movie - good picture and sound for 1978

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Louis Malle, Polly Platt, Susan Sarandon |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,476 Reviews |
| Format | NTSC |
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 49 minutes |

## Product Details

- **Contributor:** Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Louis Malle, Polly Platt, Susan Sarandon
- **Format:** NTSC
- **Genre:** Drama
- **Language:** English
- **Runtime:** 1 hour and 49 minutes

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pretty Baby. Controversial and well acted.
*by J***Z on May 4, 2026*

A classic film. Controversial yet great acting for that time period. A very young Brooke Shields. Recommended. Thanks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ good movie
*by L***T on February 20, 2026*

good picture and sound for 1978

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A work of art
*by R***G on October 7, 2008*

Very few movies are truly works of art. This is one of them. There are no explosions that throw bodies through the air, no sensational car crashes, no severed human limbs. Rather there is a plot that unfolds on its own good time, well drawn characters, excellently written dialogue, perfect atmosphere, and gorgeous photography. Still, I understand why some might find the film objectionable. There is nudity, even nudity of a pubescent girl. There is open talk of sex. And some quasi moralists are more offended by that than by graphic violence. Sex, of course, is part of life and is legal, but it must not be shown or suggested very clearly. Murder, on the other hand, is illegal but is shown every night on TV with little protest from the moralists. The acting here is seamless. Susan Sarandon gives her best performance, as does Brook Shields. But the performance that I found most startling was that of the bordello madame. There was an area of New Orleans called Storyville, for some 20 years, where prostitution was confined, ending about World War I. That much of the plot is true. And the photographer Bellocq existed; some of his art has survived. But he didn't look anything like the character in this film, or so we are led to believe from descriptions of him. I cannot recommend this movie highly enough. There is nothing I've seen like it. It is truly an art film.

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*Last updated: 2026-06-06*