Murmur of the Heart

7.0
  • Genre: DramaComedy
  • Run time: 118 min
  • Premiere: 1971. April 27.

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.

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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

Gila von Weitershausen

Freda, prostitute

Micheline Bona

Aunt Claudine

Henri Poirier

Uncle Léonce

Liliane Sorval

Fernande

René Bouloc

Man at Bastille Day party

Jacques Gheusi

Hotel receptionist

Yvon Lec

Father Superior

Michel Charrel

Record dealer(uncredited)

Art

Jean-Jacques Caziot

Production Design

Philippe Turlure

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Ricardo Aronovich

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Jacky Reynal

Makeup Artist

Directing

Louis Malle

Director

Rida Draïs

Assistant Director

Fernand Moszkowicz

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Vincent Malle

Producer

Claude Nedjar

Producer

Maurice Urbain

Unit Manager

Writing

Louis Malle

Writer