Murmur of the Heart
Le Souffle au coeur
1971, Film, 118 min, Comedy, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 70
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.
Directed by Louis Malle
Cast
- Lea Massari as Clara Chevalier
- Benoît Ferreux as Laurent Chevalier
- Daniel Gélin as Charles Chevalier
- Michael Lonsdale as Father Henri
- Ave Ninchi as Augusta
- Gila von Weitershausen as Freda (the prostitute)
- Fabien Ferreux as Thomas
- Marc Winocourt as Marc
- Micheline Bona as Aunt Claudine
- Henri Poirier as Uncle Léonce
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