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Murmur of the Heart

1971 · 118 min

A warm, wry, and gently scandalous coming-of-age tale that feels like a fond, slightly naughty memory.

Directed by
Louis Malle
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Marc Winocourt
Tagline
A souffle of a movie!
Overview
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.

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  • Curzon Amazon Channel
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Louis Malle
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Marc Winocourt
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Louis Malle
Written by
Louis Malle
Starring
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Marc Winocourt, Fabien Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Annie Savarin
Cinematography
Ricardo Aronovich
Runtime
118 min
Country
France, Germany, Italy
Languages
French

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