Drama
Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.
Directed by
Louis Malle
Brooke Shields
Violet
Keith Carradine
Bellocq
Susan Sarandon
Hattie
Diana Scarwid
Frieda
Gerrit Graham
Highpockets
Antonio Fargas
Professor
Barbara Steele
Josephine
Mae Mercer
Mama Mosebery
Don Hood
Alfred Fuller
Matthew Anton
Red Top
Seret Scott
Flora
Stocker Fontelieu
Brothel Patron (uncredited)
Frances Faye
Nell
Cheryl Markowitz
Gussie
Susan Manskey
Fanny
Laura Zimmerman
Agnes
Miz Mary
Odette
Pat Perkins
Ola Mae
Von Eric Thomas
Nonny
Sasha Holliday
Justine
Lisa Shames
Antonia
Henry Braden
Harry
Patrick M. Burke
Fanny's Customer
C.C. Courtney
Naval Officer
Philip H. Sizeler
Senator
Don Lutenbacher
Violet's First Customer
Hobe May
Farmer
Bill Holliday
Gussie's Client (uncredited)
Jelly Roll Morton
Jerry Wexler

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