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# Pretty Baby

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## Description

Internationally acclaimed director Louis Malle (Elevator to the Gallows, Au Revoir les Enfants, Damage) has taken a taboo subject — child prostitution — and created in Pretty Baby a film of humanity and beauty. Keith Carradine (The Long Riders) is E.J. Bellocq, a photographer in 1917 obsessed with the prostitutes in New Orleans’ red-light district. Brooke Shields (The Blue Lagoon) — whose “subtlety and depth are astonishing” (Roger Ebert) — is Violet, a 12-year-old girl who bewitches Bellocq with her curiosity and naïve coquettishness. Malle’s level-headed treatment of this controversial theme, sumptuous cinematography by Sven Nykvist (Persona) and exceptional performances by the entire cast — especially Susan Sarandon (Atlantic City) as Violet’s mother — make Pretty Baby a must-see for all serious film fans. Pretty Baby was co-produced and co-written by Polly Platt (Broadcast News, Say Anything, Bottle Rocket), the iconic producer who helped launch the film careers of legendary filmmakers James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson.Special Features:• Brand New HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger• The Experience of Innocence: Brooke Shields on PRETTY BABY• Filmmaker Focus: Film Historian Leonard Maltin on PRETTY BABY• La Vie en Gris: Video Essay by Filmmaker/Historian Daniel Kremer• Theatrical Trailer• Optional English Subtitles

Review: a subtle film - As with all Louis Malle's films, subtlety is the keynote to this portrayal of a New Orleans brothel in the early years of the 20th century, and of the lives of one prostitute and her 12-year-old daughter in particular. The performances by Susan Sarandon and Brooke Shields are very natural and hugely impressive, as is the tenor of Malle's direction, which fills in the sense of place with great immediacy. You really feel you are there in this large house for real, the authenticity of it is there in front of you. It is very far from most period recreations in films, and somehow the time difference melts away, even though we can see that the mores were different at that time. The ensemble scenes in the brothel are seamlessly handled, and many of the stills could have inspired a painting by Toulouse-Lautrec or Sickert. Child prostitution seems not to have been so shocking then as it is now, but it is useful to show the shift in attitudes to this as to many other things, in order to give more context to our own time. Malle does this in other films as well, always suggesting how the underlying dynamics in human interaction are the same even if they are dressed up differently. The photographer (Keith Carradine) who falls in love with the young girl is not presented in a moralising way, rather it is left for us to feel the awkwardness of his infatuation, or to feel whatever we feel. In fact it is quite hard not to feel sorry for him, and to see in him a certain purity, really, which had made him so reserved for much of the film. The moment where he realises that he needs to sacrifice his own happiness is a moving one, and means that Malle has been as provocative as ever by, in effect, showing us a sympathetic pedophile, while showing precisely why this is not a good arrangement for the girl, and that she should be with her mother, going to school etc. This lack of hysteria is based in an acceptance of ambiguity at the heart of things and a sense of beauty in life as well, and it gives you a profound sense of truth in the film's closing moments.
Review: Great film - Great film.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B0C6R3J7HJ |
| Aspect Ratio  | 16:9 - 1.85:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 21,322 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 6,787 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray) 7,705 in Blu-ray |
| Customer reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,353) |
| Language  | English |
| Media Format  | Blu-ray |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Package Dimensions  | 17 x 13.7 x 1.4 cm; 167.83 g |
| Release date  | 22 Aug. 2023 |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 50 minutes |
| Studio  | KL Studio Classics |
| Subtitles:  | English |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a subtle film
*by S***G on 11 May 2014*

As with all Louis Malle's films, subtlety is the keynote to this portrayal of a New Orleans brothel in the early years of the 20th century, and of the lives of one prostitute and her 12-year-old daughter in particular. The performances by Susan Sarandon and Brooke Shields are very natural and hugely impressive, as is the tenor of Malle's direction, which fills in the sense of place with great immediacy. You really feel you are there in this large house for real, the authenticity of it is there in front of you. It is very far from most period recreations in films, and somehow the time difference melts away, even though we can see that the mores were different at that time. The ensemble scenes in the brothel are seamlessly handled, and many of the stills could have inspired a painting by Toulouse-Lautrec or Sickert. Child prostitution seems not to have been so shocking then as it is now, but it is useful to show the shift in attitudes to this as to many other things, in order to give more context to our own time. Malle does this in other films as well, always suggesting how the underlying dynamics in human interaction are the same even if they are dressed up differently. The photographer (Keith Carradine) who falls in love with the young girl is not presented in a moralising way, rather it is left for us to feel the awkwardness of his infatuation, or to feel whatever we feel. In fact it is quite hard not to feel sorry for him, and to see in him a certain purity, really, which had made him so reserved for much of the film. The moment where he realises that he needs to sacrifice his own happiness is a moving one, and means that Malle has been as provocative as ever by, in effect, showing us a sympathetic pedophile, while showing precisely why this is not a good arrangement for the girl, and that she should be with her mother, going to school etc. This lack of hysteria is based in an acceptance of ambiguity at the heart of things and a sense of beauty in life as well, and it gives you a profound sense of truth in the film's closing moments.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great film
*by S***U on 17 November 2025*

Great film.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Dull 30s drama
*by K***R on 2 August 2021*

Fairly dull drama about prostitution in the 30s. Nothing exceptional in it.

## Frequently Bought Together

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