Murmur of the Heart

Name: Murmur of the Heart
Director: Louis Malle
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1971-04-27
Rating: 7.002

A souffle of a movie!

Film19711h 58mReleased

DramaComedy

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Details

Director: Louis Malle
Language: French
Released: 1971-04-27
Runtime: 1h 58m

Community score

7.0216 votes on TMDB

Confidence

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6.7

The story

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.