(M 41) pretty baby

susan sarandon works in a new orleans whore house circa WWI. the house is remarkable in its madam who is plain talking (there are two things one can do when it's raining outside and i never liked playing cards) and antonio fargas as the piano player. sarandon is an irresponsible mom to brooke shields who is 11 or 12. sarandon gives birth. keith carradine, a photographer shows up and wants to take pictures, but he doesn't touch the whores. finally brooke is placed on auction to lose her cherry and gets 400 dollars bid on her. the man is rough, but brooke is tough. sarandon is proposed to by some guy and she leaves brooke at the house. keith is in love with brooke and when brooke is punished for some offense she runs away from the whore house and finds keith and moves in. she misbehaves one day and he kicks her out. she goes back to the whore house, but times have changed and the whore house is about to be closed down. keith comes around and marries brooke. he is living with her when sarandon and hubby show up and take her away, putting their past behind them and leaving keith alone.