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Cast
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| Lea Massari | ... | Clara Chevalier | |
| Benoît Ferreux | ... | Laurent Chevalier | |
| Daniel Gélin | ... | Charles Chevalier | |
| Michael Lonsdale | ... | Father Henri | |
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Ave Ninchi | ... | Augusta |
| Gila von Weitershausen | ... | Freda (the prostitute) | |
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Fabien Ferreux | ... | Thomas |
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Marc Winocourt | ... | Marc |
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Micheline Bona | ... | Aunt Claudine |
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Henri Poirier | ... | Uncle Leonce |
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Liliane Sorval | ... | Fernande |
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Corinne Kersten | ... | Daphne |
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Eric Walter | ||
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François Werner | ... | Hubert |
| René Bouloc | ... | Man at Bastille Day party | |
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This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. This is France in the mid-1950s rather than America in the 1990s. Thus, Laurent is unharmed by events which would irreparably shatter the self-esteem of a modern American adolescent: he gets drunk, he smokes, he has sex, he is smothered by his mother, he is ignored by his father, a priest makes a pass at him, he gets rheumatoid fever, etc. There's enough scandalous behavior in this film to make 100 made-for-TV movies, and yet this is a very happy and oddly innocent tale. Written by Tim Horrigan <horrigan@aol.com>
Plot Keywords:
mother son incest | first time sex | exploring sexuality | mother son relationship | measuring penis |Taglines:
A young mother seduces her son.....and it's beautiful! See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
17 October 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,160,784Company Credits
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Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF),Marianne Productions,Vides Cinematografica See more »
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Laurent's Red Cross friend: What's the loony bin?
Laurent Chevalier: The madhouse, stupid.
Laurent's Red Cross friend: Is he crazy?
Laurent Chevalier: Nervous breakdown. Lots of jazzmen have them. And no wonder - alcohol, drugs, women.
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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. See more »Goofs
When Laurent is getting hosed down, he asks which side he should turn to. The attendant says either one because she'll do both. Only his left side gets hosed down. See more »Quotes
Laurent Chevalier: It's a great record. Charlie Parker solos with a rhythm section. The loony bin made him even better.Laurent's Red Cross friend: What's the loony bin?
Laurent Chevalier: The madhouse, stupid.
Laurent's Red Cross friend: Is he crazy?
Laurent Chevalier: Nervous breakdown. Lots of jazzmen have them. And no wonder - alcohol, drugs, women.
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La Soufflé au Cour really manages to make you question well-established values. Made in 1971 I can really imagine how it deranged the society and made the French film censure think twice before allowing it to be published. As a provocative film there's no doubt it's still timely. Louis Malle breaks taboos with a spontaneity that makes me as a viewer question if I've missed something growing up.
Malle seems to me to be above all a magnificent story-teller. There is no apparent message in La Soufflé au Cour, instead Malle let's the viewer make his own assumptions, based the deceptively realistic happenings and surroundings.
It's an unforgettable film, but watch out. You might be influenced by it.