Murmur of the Heart
1971This 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.
Acted in
Lea Massari
as Clara Chevalier
Benoît Ferreux
as Laurent Chevalier
Daniel Gélin
as Charles Chevalier
Michael Lonsdale
as Father Henri
Ave Ninchi
as Augusta
Gila von Weitershausen
as Freda
Fabien Ferreux
as Thomas
Marc Winocourt
as Marc
Micheline Bona
as Aunt Claudine
Henri Poirier
as Uncle Leonce
Liliane Sorval
as Fernande
René Bouloc
as Man at Bastille Day party
Jacques Gheusi
as Hotel receptionist
Annie Savarin
as Le cuisinière
Jacques Sereys
as Doctor
Yvon Lec
as Father Superior
Michel Charrel
as Disquaire (uncredited)
Bernadette Robert