Murmur of the Heart (1971)
Original title: Le Souffle au cœur
Murmur of the Heart is a 1971 French-language drama movie directed by Louis Malle, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux and Marc Winocourt.
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.
Where to watch Murmur of the Heart
Stream: Criterion Channel
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