Murmur of the Heart (1971)

7.0/10 118 min Drama Comedy

Overview

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

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

Jacques Gheusi

Hotel Receptionist

Jacques Sereys

Doctor

Yvon Lec

Father Superior

Bernadette Robert

Annie

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