Murmur of the Heart
A souffle of a movie!
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4/27/1971Runtime
118 minsOverview
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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A delicate, episodic portrait of adolescent confusion set in 1950s France, where a boy's journey through sexual awakening, social misadventure, and unexpected intimacy unfolds with the wry affection of someone remembering their own messy youth. The film treats its transgressive moments with surprising warmth rather than sensationalism, finding comedy and pathos in the gap between youthful desire and actual experience.
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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
Annie Savarin
Cook
Gila von Weitershausen
Freda, prostitute
Micheline Bona
Aunt Claudine
Henri Poirier
Uncle Léonce
Liliane Sorval
Fernande
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