Old Man Marrying a Child: Bellocq is in his twenties, but he marries Violet. Averted when he decides to have sex with 12 year old Violet. While he has Hattie semi-naked he only cares about the lighting for the photo. Not Distracted by the Sexy: Bellocq doesn't partake in any of the whores while he's there. She's told to exaggerate her innocence because "this guy is buying a virgin". Having been raised in a whorehouse, Violet is actually pretty knowledgeable about sex in spite of having not done it yet. Nature Adores a Virgin: When Violet's virginity is auctioned off, Madam Nell makes sure to extol her purity. Violet is seen laughing too, suggesting that this behavior is normal for them. 
Hattie starts fighting back, and the two eventually start giggling at the situation.
Mood Whiplash: Hattie's drunken lover attacks her for 'stealing' a pair of earrings, forgetting that he gave them to her. Miss Kitty: Nell, who is the madame of the brothel. Love Triangle: Violet is slightly jealous of the attraction Bellocq has to her mother. Last Guy Wins: Hattie has a client she's somewhat romantic with, some flirting with Bellocq and another customer who she eventually marries. Informed Deformity: Violet jokes that she has a big stomach "like all my fathers", but she's a slender little girl. She appears to have succeeded by the end. I Just Want to Be Normal: Hattie wants to be respectable and runs away to get married. They should be protesting their fellow sailors instead. However, the supply only exists because of the demand. Hypocrite: The brothel is picketed by a bunch of sailors. Nell is shown sniffing some earlier in the film too. Hattie chews out another whore for her cocaine addiction. Although she abandons her children to do so she comes back to reclaim Violet and take her away to a better life. 
She is portrayed sympathetically, and wants out of her life as a prostitute.
Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Hattie is a more complicated example of this trope. Historical Domain Character: Ernest J Bellocq, who later became known for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of New Orleans. After she experiences sex, she becomes a lot more flitatious. Fille Fatale: Violet has grown up in the brothel and around the whores, so she acts like this. End of an Age: The end of New Orleans's Storyville district. Technically, that's during World War I, but the war is only mentioned in passing whereas Edwardian dresses and ragtime music abound. He also has sex with her and marries her, a literal child. Despite being presented as a sympathetic character, Bellocq still slaps Violet for misbehaving, which would be seen as appropriate discipline of the era. Violet's nasty behaviour that she gets punished for? Flirting with a black boy. By the time she returns to claim Violet, the husband apparently has no problems with this arrangement. Hattie marries a customer, pretending Violet is her younger sister rather than her daughter, but plans to break the news after she's settled in. Violet's virginity gets sold and she starts working as a whore in the brothel at only the age of twelve. Deliberate Values Dissonance: Hoo, boy. Bellocq is outraged by this arrangement, but Violet is now one of the whores so far as Madam Nell is concerned. She'll be coming back for Violet after she breaks the news to her new husband, but for now Violet will remain in the whorehouse. 
There's just one little catch: she might have happened to claim that Violet was her sister rather than her daughter. (Because twelve is old enough, right?) Meanwhile, Hattie escapes her life of prostitution by marrying a client and moving to St. Madam Nell decides it's time to have Violet's virginity auctioned off. Violet is fascinated by this man who pays to spend time with the prostitutes, but only to take pictures of them. Bellocq ( Keith Carradine) shows up at the brothel. Said whore is her mother Hattie ( Susan Sarandon) and they live in a luxurious brothel run by Madam Nell (Frances Faye). In the Red Light District of Storyville, twelve-year-old Violet (Brooke Shields) is the Daughter of a Whore. The movie is best known for its controversial content and subject matter. It was the American debut of French director Louis Malle and it was also the Star-Making Role of a child actress named Brooke Shields.
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