"The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes."
In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
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Brooke Shields
Violet
Keith Carradine
Bellocq
Susan Sarandon
Hattie
Frances Faye
Nell
Antonio Fargas
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Matthew Anton
Red Top
Diana Scarwid
Frieda
Barbara Steele
Josephine
Gerrit Graham
Highpockets
Don Hood
Alfred Fuller
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