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In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
Status
Released
Budget
$3,500,000
Revenue
$11,600,000

Brooke Shields
Violet

Keith Carradine
Bellocq

Susan Sarandon
Hattie

Frances Faye
Nell

Antonio Fargas
Professor

Matthew Anton
Red Top
So.... why one star? Because, honestly, it's boring. It kind of does to New Orleans' red-light district what Reds did to John Reed.... sucked all the excitement out of the story in an effort to make it artistic. It's well acted, but it's weak on plot, weak on story, weak on entertainment.... but, like Reds, it's one of those movies that you have to watch because 41 years after the fact it is still being talked about. But, to be fair, I guess it's hard to make a movie about someone that takes pictures and make it riveting. After all, E. J. Bellocq wasn't exactly Robert Capa

Diana Scarwid
Frieda

Barbara Steele
Josephine