# La Petite (1978)

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**Original title**: *Pretty Baby*
**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Louis Malle
**Written by**: Polly Platt, Louis Malle
**Starring**: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye, Antonio Fargas, Matthew Anton

> *The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

1910s New Orleans brothel raises a twelve-year-old whose mother trades affection for rent. A photographer’s lens deepens the transaction into something tender then brutal. The girl’s eyes stay with you long after.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, dread, tender

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