Murmur of the Heart
“A souffle of a movie!”
DramaComedy
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.
VIBE
A tender, yet unsettling, exploration of adolescent awakening. It feels like a hazy memory of summer days and complicated desires, wrapped in a nostalgic, intimate French New Wave aesthetic. A quiet, character-driven experience.
wistfulunsettlingnostalgiccharmingmelancholicsteadyFrench New Wavearthousecharacter-drivenintimatecoming-of-ageforbidden loveinnocence lostfamily dynamics
jazzsanatoriumincestshoplifting1950sboy scoutresort sexmother son relationshipteenage protagonistbastille daydijon france
