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Murmur of the Heart (French: Le souffle au cœur) is a 1971 French comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Louis Malle. It stars Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux and Daniel Gélin.
Murmur of the Heart: Directed by Louis Malle. With Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale. As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.
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- Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin
Movie Title/Year and Scene Descriptions. Screenshots. Murmur of the Heart (1971, Fr./. It./W.Ger.) (aka Le Souffle Au Coeur) In director Louis Malle's semi-biographical, controversial examination of desire and love in a classic coming of age story in the mid-1950s in France: the scene of 14 year-old Laurent "Renzino" Chevalier's (Benoit Ferreux ...
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Murmur of the Heart (1971) is a coming of age tale about a 14 year old boy who wants to lose his virginity but is thwarted by circumstance and later his older brothers until he has to share a room with his mother. What might have been a scandalous encounter is turned into something else in the hands of director Louis Malle.
- Louis Malle
- Lea Massari
Murmur of the Heart is the first of two semi-autobiographical accounts of his youth.
This scene also contradicts three other scenes in my opinion: The mother slaps her son after he watches her bathe. Immediately after the “incest scene”, the mother talks about how it will never happen again and is obviously trying to somehow make light of the previous night.
At a Catholic school in Dijon, France, 1954, tardy student Laurent (Benoit Ferreux) is sent to confession with likely lecherous priest Father Henry (Michel Lonsdale), who offers intimate advice, in director Louis Malle’s Murmur Of The Heart, 1971.
