Murmur of the Heart
27/04/1971
2h



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


Jacqueline Chauvaud
Hélène


Corinne Kersten
Daphné


René Bouloc
Man at Bastille Day party


Jacques Gheusi
Hotel receptionist


Jacques Sereys
Doctor


Yvon Lec
Father Superior


Bernadette Robert
Annie


Michel Charrel
Record dealer(uncredited)
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