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Pretty Baby

UNITED STATES · 1978

Pretty Baby

Louis Malle

child exploitation prostitution coming of age New Orleans history maternal relationships

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Synopsis

In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.

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