In 1917, during the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, Hattie is a prostitute working at an elegant brothel run by the elderly, cocaine-addicted Madame Nell. Hattie has given birth to a baby boy and has a 12-year-old daughter, Violet, who lives in the house. When photographer Ernest Bellocq arrives with his camera, Hattie and Violet are the only people awake. He requests to photograph them, which Madame Nell agrees only after he offers to pay her.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Drama |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Polly Platt, Louis Malle |
Directed By: | Louis Malle |
Written By: | Polly Platt, Louis Malle |
Cast: | Von Eric Thomas, Barbara Steele, Don Hood, Brooke Shields, Mae Mercer, Bill Holliday, Lisa Shames, Seret Scott, Antonio Fargas, Susan Sarandon, C.C. Courtney, Pat Pierre Perkins, Stocker Fontelieu, Frances Faye, Matthew Anton, Sasha Holliday, Joe Catalanotto, Keith Carradine, Diana Scarwid, Cheryl Markowitz, Laura Zimmerman, Gerrit Graham, Miz Mary, Susan Manskey |
In Theaters: | Apr 05, 1978 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 50 minutes |
Production: | Paramount Pictures |
Box Office: | $5,786,368 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |