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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.
Murmur of the Heart is a film that explores themes of jazz, sanatorium, incest. It also touches on shoplifting and 1950s and boy scout.
Director
Louis Malle
Cast
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Marc Winocourt, Fabien Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Annie Savarin, Gila von Weitershausen, Micheline Bona
What Critics Say
upright|thumb|Italian actress [[Lea Massari received positive reviews for her performance.]] Roger Ebert gave the film a four-star review, comparing it favorably to The 400 Blows, and wrote of the...
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Murmur of the Heart
You can stream Murmur of the Heart (1971) on Criterion Channel with a subscription.
IMDb
7.0/10
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94%
Director
Louis Malle
Cast
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Marc Winocourt, Fabien Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Annie Savarin, Gila von Weitershausen, Micheline Bona
What Critics Say
upright|thumb|Italian actress [[Lea Massari received positive reviews for her performance.]] Roger Ebert gave the film a four-star review, comparing it favorably to The 400 Blows, and wrote of the...
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jazz · sanatorium · incest · shoplifting · 1950s · boy scout · resort sex · mother son relationship · teenage protagonist · bastille day
Murmur of the Heart is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified April 8, 2026.