Murmur of the Heart
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- Runtime
- 118 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Lea Massari
- Benoît Ferreux
- Daniel Gélin
- Michael Lonsdale
- Ave Ninchi
- Gila von Weitershausen
- Fabien Ferreux
- Marc Winocourt
- Micheline Bona
- Henri Poirier
- Liliane Sorval
- René Bouloc
- Jacques Gheusi
- Annie Savarin
- Jacques Sereys
- Yvon Lec
- Michel Charrel
- Bernadette Robert
Director
- Louis Malle
Producers
- Claude Nedjar
- Vincent Malle
