"For the child who becomes a woman before her time."
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The story follows Violet, a 12-year-old girl raised in a brothel where her mother, Hattie, works as a prostitute. Violet is groomed by the other women in the house and eventually undergoes a "deflowering ritual" intended to auction her virginity to the highest bidder. Amidst this environment, she forms a complex relationship with Bellocq, a photographer based on the real-life Ernest Bellocq, who documented the prostitutes of New Orleans. "For the child who becomes a woman before her time
The film is based on historian Al Rose’s 1974 book, Storyville, New Orleans , which provides an account of the district's notorious history. The story follows Violet, a 12-year-old girl raised