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.

6.983

118 min

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

Jacqueline Chauvaud

as Hélène

Corinne Kersten

as Daphné

René Bouloc

as Man at Bastille Day party

Jacques Gheusi

as Hotel receptionist

Jacques Sereys

as Doctor

Yvon Lec

as Father Superior

Bernadette Robert

as Annie

Michel Charrel

as Record dealer(uncredited)

Director

Louis Malle