Murmur of the Heart
Le Souffle au cœur
Release: 1971-04-27
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 7.0
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
France
Germany
Italy
Production Companies
Marianne Productions
Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Vides Cinematografica
Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Cast
Benoît Ferreux
as Laurent Chevalier
Fabien Ferreux
as Thomas Chevalier
Ave Ninchi
as Augusta
Micheline Bona
as Aunt Claudine
Liliane Sorval
as Fernande
Jacques Gheusi
as Hotel receptionist
Lea Massari
as Clara Chevalier
Daniel Gélin
as Charles Chevalier
Michael Lonsdale
as Father Henri
Henri Poirier
as Uncle Léonce
Jacques Sereys
as Doctor
Bernadette Robert
as Annie
Annie Savarin
as Cook
Jacqueline Chauvaud
as Hélène
Corinne Kersten
as Daphné
René Bouloc
as Man at Bastille Day party
Yvon Lec
as Father Superior
Marc Winocourt
as Marc Chevalier
Gila von Weitershausen
as Freda, prostitute
Michel Charrel
as Record dealer(uncredited)
