The plot follows Violet’s loss of innocence as she comes of age in an environment of hedonism and moral ambiguity. The film’s most shocking narrative development is a "virginity auction," where Violet is sold to a much older photographer, E.J. Bellocq (Keith Carradine), whom she eventually marries.
The 1978 film Pretty Baby (released in Russian as Прелестное дитя pretty+baby+1978+okru