Murmur of the Heart

Release Date:
Aug 16, 1971
MPAA Rating:
R
Running Time:
1:58
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Director:
Louis Malle
Cast:
Léa Massari Clara Chevalier
Benoît Ferreux Laurent Chevalier
Daniel Gélin Charles Chevalier
Michel Lonsdale Father Henri
Ave Ninchi Augusta
Gila von Weitershausen Freda
Fabien Ferreux Thomas
Marc Winocourt Marc
Micheline Bona Aunt Claudine
Henri Poirier Uncle Leonce
Liliane Sorval Fernande
Corinne Kersten Daphne
Eric Walter
Francois Werner Hubert
Rene Bouloc Man at Bastille Day party
Jacqueline Chauvaud Helene
Jacques Gheusi Hotel receptionist
Yvon Lec Father Superior
Jean-Pierre Pessoz Soldier
Bernadette Robert
Annie Savarin Le cuisinière
Jacques Sereys
Language:
English

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This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother .

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