Murmur of the Heart

1971 · Directed by Louis Malle

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, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Gélin, Gila von Weitershausen, René Bouloc, Benoît Ferreux, Ave Ninchi, Jacques Sereys, Michel Charrel, Annie Savarin

Rating: 7.069/10 from 130 votes