Murmur of the Heart (1971)

Parental Guidance: PG-13
Release Date: 1971-04-27
Runtime: 1h 58min
Production Company: Marianne Productions
Production Country: France, Germany, Italy
Director: Louis Malle

A souffle of a movie!

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.