Murmur of the Heart

Murmur of the Heart

118 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 27, 1971

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.

Murmur of the Heart

118 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 27, 1971

Murmur of the Heart
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), Marianne Productions, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Vides Cinematografica
Original title Le Souffle au cœur
Directors Rida Draïs, Fernand Moszkowicz, Louis Malle
Writers 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

Fabien Ferreux

as Thomas

Marc Winocourt

as Marc

Micheline Bona

as Aunt Claudine

Henri Poirier

as Uncle Leonce

Liliane Sorval

as Fernande

René Bouloc

as Man at Bastille Day party

Jacques Gheusi

as Hotel receptionist

Annie Savarin

as Le cuisinière

Jacques Sereys

as Doctor

Yvon Lec

as Father Superior

Michel Charrel

as Disquaire (uncredited)