Murmur of the Heart [Le Souffle au cœur]
- Release Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- 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.
