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Murmur of the Heart (1971)
Directed by Louis Malle
“A souffle of a movie!”
Drama, Comedy · 1h 58m
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
Crew
- Director
- Louis Malle
- Writer
- Louis Malle
- Director of Photography
- Ricardo Aronovich
- Editor
- Suzanne Baron
- Producer
- Vincent Malle, Claude Nedjar
Details
- Original title
- Le Souffle au cœur
- Release date
- 1971-04-27
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Germany, Italy
- Production
- Marianne Productions, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Vides Cinematografica, Nouvelles Éditions de Films