Murmur of the Heart

Le Souffle au cœur

1971·118'

Louis Malle

ComedyDrama

★ 7.0

Letterboxd TMDB #42501

A souffle of a movie!

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.

Cast

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