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7.9/10   2,320 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Louis Malle (written by)
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Release Date:
17 October 1971 (USA) more
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Plot:
This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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a beautiful coming of age story more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Lea Massari ... Clara Chevalier
Benoît Ferreux ... Laurent Chevalier
Daniel Gélin ... Charles Chevalier
Michael Lonsdale ... Father Henri
Ave Ninchi ... Augusta
Gila von Weitershausen ... Freda (the prostitute)
Fabien Ferreux ... Thomas
Marc Winocourt ... Marc
Micheline Bona ... Aunt Claudine
Henri Poirier ... Uncle Leonce
Liliane Sorval ... Fernande
Corinne Kersten ... Daphne
Eric Walter
François Werner ... Hubert
René Bouloc ... Man at Bastille Day party
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Herzflimmern (West Germany)
Dearest Love (UK)
Il soffio al cuore (Italy)
Murmur of the Heart (USA)
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Runtime:
USA:118 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
While the incest aspects of the story were not autobiographical, Louis Malle did in fact end up sharing a hotel room with his mother as a child while on a trip to treat his heart murmur due to "bizarre" circumstances. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After leaving Daphne, Laurent's belt changes three times. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Spanking the Monkey (1994) more

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a beautiful coming of age story, 30 June 2001
9/10
Author: zetes from Saint Paul, MN

There have been a million coming of age stories in the history of the world, most of them probably in the film medium. What a pathetic thing to have to endure something as trite as the American film American Pie when something like The 400 Blows exists. Murmur of the Heart will remind most of that classic, and, akin to French films such as Zero for Conduct, The 400 Blows, and Malle's own Au Revoir Les Enfantes, it is excellently acted, both by the adults in the film and the children (here, though, they're teens), and it is infinitely more truthful than most American films of the same genre. Murmur of the Heart falls just short of The 400 Blows, but it is a worthy successor to it. Beware, though. This film's main theme is sexuality, and there are some very disturbing scenes, even thought the mood of the film is quite light-hearted. 9/10

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