Louis without her daughter, whom her husband believes to be her sister. She marries a customer and leaves for St. Meanwhile, Hattie aspires to escape prostitution. This first sexual experience is unpleasant. After a bidding war among regulars, Violet is bought by an apparently quiet customer. Nell decides that Violet is old enough for her virginity to be auctioned off. Violet is a restless child, frustrated by the long, precise process that Bellocq must go through to pose and take pictures. His activities fascinate Violet, though she believes he is falling in love with her mother, which makes her jealous. Madame Nell agrees only after he offers to pay.Ä«ellocq becomes a fixture in the brothel, photographing the prostitutes, mostly Hattie. He asks to be allowed to take photographs of the women. Bellocq comes with his camera, Hattie and Violet are the only people awake. Hattie has given birth to a baby boy and has a 12-year-old daughter, Violet, who lives in the house. 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-sniffing Madame Nell. Plot Spoiler Warning: The following contains important plot details of the entire film.
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