Murmur of the Heart
“A souffle of a movie!”
1971•1h 58m•7.0•Released
DramaComedy
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.
Director
Louis Malle
Writer
Louis Malle
Languages
French
Studio
Marianne Productions
Cast
Lea Massari
Clara Chevalier
Benoît Ferreux
Laurent Chevalier
Marc Winocourt
Marc Chevalier
Fabien Ferreux
Thomas Chevalier
Daniel Gélin
Charles Chevalier
Michael Lonsdale
Father Henri
Ave Ninchi
Augusta
Annie Savarin
Cook
Gila von Weitershausen
Freda, prostitute
Micheline Bona
Aunt Claudine
Henri Poirier
Uncle Léonce
Liliane Sorval
Fernande
Jacqueline Chauvaud
Hélène
Corinne Kersten
Daphné
René Bouloc
Man at Bastille Day party
Production
Company
Marianne Productions
Company
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Company
Vides Cinematografica
Company
Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Producer
Vincent Malle
Producer
Claude Nedjar
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