Murmur of the Heart
27/04/1971
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.
Movie Information
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
Jacqueline Chauvaud
as Hélène
Corinne Kersten
as Daphné
René Bouloc
as Man at Bastille Day party
Jacques Gheusi
as Hotel Receptionist
Jacques Sereys
as Doctor
Yvon Lec
as Father Superior
Bernadette Robert
as Annie
Eric Walter
as Laurent's Friend
François Werner
as Hubert
Jean-Pierre Pessoz
as Soldier
Éric Burnelli
as Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
Nicole Carrière
as Mother (uncredited)
Michel Charrel
as Disquaire (uncredited)
Huguette Faget
as Mother (uncredited)
Isabelle Kloucowski
as Madeleine (uncredited)
Lia Wajntal
as Mother (uncredited)
