In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
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Movie1978·110 min
Pretty Baby
Directed by Louis Malle
A drama film directed by Louis Malle.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 39%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.0/10
418 ratings
About Pretty Baby
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- coming of age, trauma recovery, family dysfunction, early 1900s, sex work, new orleans, parent child, outsider misfit, fish out of water, slow burn reveal