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Brooke Shields, ’80s icon and household name, was a child model before she came to prominence in Louis Malle’s controversial film Pretty Baby at age 12. With a series of provocative Calvin Klein jeans ads and leading roles in 1980s teensploitation hits The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, Shields’ early career was defined by a sexuality that she could neither claim nor comprehend. In this two-part documentary, director Lana Wilson reveals Shields’ story through media appearances and archival footage, bringing full context to the time when Shields was coming of age in public. Wilson creates space for the adult Shields to share her intelligence, vulnerability, and humanity while reflecting on her career and life, including her complex relationship with her mother, Teri, her marriage to Andre Agassi, and her own struggles with motherhood. Honest and incisive, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields critiques a toxic culture and power structure that perpetuates misogyny and is complicit in the sexualization and objectification of young girls. But, above all, it tells the moving story of Brooke Shields discovering and embracing her own identity and agency. (Sundance Film Festival)
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Précisons que je connais très peu la filmographie de Brooke Shields et que le film culte Le lagon bleu a réussi à m’échapper jusqu’à ce jour. Mais justement, je n’en ai été que plus captivé par ce film biographique. Le documentaire Pretty Baby ne se contente pas de raconter une histoire très exhaustive sur la vie de Brooke Shields, mais il aborde également des thèmes douloureux, comme la problématique du typecasting, l’exploitation par les parents de stars en âge de minorité ou encore la sexualisation des enfants acteurs ou mannequins. Ces deux petites heures de métrage sont bourrées d’informations et n’ont aucun temps mort. [Sundance Film Festival 2023]
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