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Murmur of the Heart
A souffle of a movie!
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.
Where to watch Murmur of the Heart
Murmur of the Heart is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.
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
- Henri Poirier as Uncle Léonce
- Liliane Sorval as Fernande
Details
- Director
- Louis Malle
- Released
- April 27, 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Studio
- Marianne Productions, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion and Vides Cinematografica
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 223 votes
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