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Murmur of the Heart
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.
1971 · Directed by Louis Malle · 118 min · Drama · Comedy · 11 frames
Tagline
A souffle of a movie!
Crew
- Written by: Louis Malle
- Cinematography: Ricardo Aronovich
- Edited by: Suzanne Baron
- Production design: Jean-Jacques Caziot
- Produced by: Claude Nedjar, Vincent Malle
Cast
- Lea Massari as Clara Chevalier
- Benoît Ferreux as Laurent Chevalier
- Marc Winocourt as Marc Chevalier
- Fabien Ferreux as Thomas Chevalier
- Daniel Gélin as Charles Chevalier
- Michael Lonsdale as Father Henri
- Ave Ninchi as Augusta
- Annie Savarin as Cook
- Gila von Weitershausen as Freda, prostitute
- Micheline Bona as Aunt Claudine
Production
- Country: France, Germany, Italy
- Language: French
- Studios: Marianne Productions, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Vides Cinematografica, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
- Themes: jazz, sanatorium, incest, shoplifting, 1950s, boy scout, resort sex, mother son relationship, teenage protagonist, bastille day
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