Louis Malle's film on the world of child prostitution is notably slack and uninvolving despite its controversial subject. Brooke Shields stars as Violet, the daughter of prostitute Hattie (Susan Sarandon), who is raised in a brothel in turn-of-the-century New Orleans' Storyville, and decides to adopt her mother's profession. Malle, who successfully broached the subject of incest in Le Souffle au Coeur (1971), tries to pull off a similar feat here, but despite his attempt to make a much older man's sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl seem like a ho-hum alternative, he shies away from the issue by aestheticizing and muting the depiction of sex. Keith Carradine plays the essentially voyeuristic photographer Bellocq, whose attraction to the young girl is more contemplative than physical. There is little difference between his point of view and that of the film, and there is really no character for Shields to play, as Malle renders her as more object than subject. Viewers are left with the slow-moving spectacle of beautiful women lounging around their well-appointed workplace waiting for clients -- not particularly painful perhaps, but not too compelling either. That said, the film is beautifully photographed by Sven Nykvist, and for horror fans, cult actress Barbara Steele makes one of her last film appearances.
12歳のブルック・シールズが魅せる姿は、『美少女映画』ブームの原点にして頂点!!
収録時間:109分/製作年・製作国:1978年 アメリカ/画面サイズ:16:9 スクイーズ(ビスタ)/カラー/片面1層/
■音声:1.オリジナル(英語) 2.0chモノラル
■字幕:日本語/英語
【スタッフ】
監督・原作・製作:ルイ・マル
原作・脚本・アソシエイト・プロデューサー:ポリー・プラット
音楽:ジェリー・ウェクスラー
●字幕翻訳:林完治●吹替翻訳:岸田恵子
●吹替演出:伊達康将
【キャスト(声の出演)】
バイオレット…ブルック・シールズ
ハティ…スーザン・サランドン
ベロック…キース・キャラダイン
【ストーリー】
1917年のニューオリンズ。高級娼館で生まれ育ち、外の世界を知らぬまま成長した純真無垢な美少女バイオレット。わずか12歳で幼い肉体を売ることを決意し、やがて大人びた娼婦へと変貌を遂げていく…
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