To stream Pretty Baby today is to feel the dissonance acutely. The film is exquisitely made—a time capsule of a lost New Orleans, dripping with atmosphere. Keith Carradine’s Bellocq is a masterpiece of repressed longing. Susan Sarandon is luminous and heartbreaking. But every frame featuring Violet is now filtered through the lens of #MeToo, of child actor advocacy, of a belated reckoning with how Hollywood consumed youth.

: Sarandon portrays Violet’s mother, a woman seeking a path out of her current life while raising her daughter in a difficult setting. Keith Carradine

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: The film was criticized for its direct depiction of child prostitution.

Pretty Baby - 1978 - Starring Brooke Shields - ... -

To stream Pretty Baby today is to feel the dissonance acutely. The film is exquisitely made—a time capsule of a lost New Orleans, dripping with atmosphere. Keith Carradine’s Bellocq is a masterpiece of repressed longing. Susan Sarandon is luminous and heartbreaking. But every frame featuring Violet is now filtered through the lens of #MeToo, of child actor advocacy, of a belated reckoning with how Hollywood consumed youth.

: Sarandon portrays Violet’s mother, a woman seeking a path out of her current life while raising her daughter in a difficult setting. Keith Carradine Pretty Baby - 1978 - Starring Brooke Shields - ...

Have you seen Pretty Baby (1978)? Share your thoughts responsibly in the comments below. To stream Pretty Baby today is to feel

: The film was criticized for its direct depiction of child prostitution. of child actor advocacy