Murmur of the Heart
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| Murmur of the Heart | |
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| Directed by | Louis Malle |
| Produced by | Vincent Malle Claude Nedjar |
| Written by | Louis Malle |
| Starring | Benoît Ferreux, Lea Massari |
| Music by | Gaston Frèche Charlie Parker Henri Renaud |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Aronovich |
| Editing by | Suzanne Baron |
| Distributed by |  Orion Classics |
| Release date(s) |  April 28, 1971 October 20, 1971 |
| Running time | 118 min |
| Country | France Italy West Germany |
| Language | French |
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Murmur of the Heart (French: Le souffle au cœur) is a 1971 French motion picture by Louis Malle that tells a coming of age story about a 15-year-old boy who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. At the beginning, the film shows the adventures of the boy in the school and his first sexual experience at a brothel. After the boy is found to have a heart murmur he goes with his mother to a sanatorium where they end up having sex. Jazz music by Charlie Parker, member of the cast, Dizzy Gillespie and books from Bataille, Proust, and Camus features prominently in the film.
[edit] Cast
- Lea Massari - Clara Chevalier
- Benoît Ferreux - Laurent Chevalier
- Daniel Gélin - Charles Chevalier
- Michael Lonsdale - Father Henri
- Ave Ninchi - Augusta
[edit] Nominations
Murmur of the Heart was nominated for "Best Writing Original Screenplay" in the 1973 Academy Award. It was also in competition, in the French part of the official selection, at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
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see also List of films portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors
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