In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.

Brooke Shields
as Violet

Keith Carradine
as Bellocq

Susan Sarandon
as Hattie

Frances Faye
as Nell

Antonio Fargas
as Professor

Matthew Anton
as Red Top

Diana Scarwid
as Frieda

Barbara Steele
as Josephine

Gerrit Graham
as Highpockets

Don Hood
as Alfred Fuller
GenerationofSwine
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,...