The read
A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 1,160 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
220 audience votes
Key crew
- Louis MalleDirector
- Louis MalleWriter
Cast
- Lea MassariClara Chevalier
- Benoît FerreuxLaurent Chevalier
- Marc WinocourtMarc Chevalier
- Fabien FerreuxThomas Chevalier
- Daniel GélinCharles Chevalier
- Michael LonsdaleFather Henri
- Ave NinchiAugusta
- Annie SavarinCook
- Gila von WeitershausenFreda, prostitute
- Micheline BonaAunt Claudine
- Henri PoirierUncle Léonce
- Liliane SorvalFernande
Stills
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Themes
jazzsanatoriumincestshoplifting1950sboy scoutresort sexmother son relationshipteenage protagonistbastille daydijon france
The Best Movies of 1971
Murmur of the Heart is #13 of 60
