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Le souffle au coeur

  • 1971
  • 18
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
11K
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Le souffle au coeur (1971)
ComedyDrama

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 aff... Read allAs 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.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.

  • Director
    • Louis Malle
  • Writer
    • Louis Malle
  • Stars
    • Lea Massari
    • Benoît Ferreux
    • Daniel Gélin
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    11K
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    • Director
      • Louis Malle
    • Writer
      • Louis Malle
    • Stars
      • Lea Massari
      • Benoît Ferreux
      • Daniel Gélin
    • 53User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Lea Massari
    Lea Massari
    • Clara Chevalier
    • (as Léa Massari)
    Benoît Ferreux
    Benoît Ferreux
    • Laurent Chevalier
    • (as Benoit Ferreux)
    Daniel Gélin
    Daniel Gélin
    • Charles Chevalier
    • (as Daniel Gelin)
    Michael Lonsdale
    Michael Lonsdale
    • Father Henri
    • (as Michel Lonsdale)
    Ave Ninchi
    Ave Ninchi
    • Augusta
    Gila von Weitershausen
    Gila von Weitershausen
    • Freda (the prostitute)
    Fabien Ferreux
    Fabien Ferreux
    • Thomas
    Marc Winocourt
    Marc Winocourt
    • Marc
    Micheline Bona
    Micheline Bona
    • Aunt Claudine
    Henri Poirier
    Henri Poirier
    • Uncle Léonce
    Liliane Sorval
    Liliane Sorval
    • Fernande
    Corinne Kersten
    Corinne Kersten
    • Daphné
    Eric Walter
    • Laurent's friend
    François Werner
    François Werner
    • Hubert
    René Bouloc
    René Bouloc
    • Man at Bastille Day party
    Jacqueline Chauvaud
    Jacqueline Chauvaud
    • Helene
    Jacques Gheusi
    • Hotel receptionist
    Yvon Lec
    Yvon Lec
    • Father Superior
    • Director
      • Louis Malle
    • Writer
      • Louis Malle
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    • Trivia
      According to Pauline Kael, "what makes this movie so different from other movies about bourgeois life is that the director, Louis Malle, sees not only the prudent, punctilious surface but the volatile and slovenly life underneath. He looks at this bourgeois bestiary and sees it as funny and appalling and also - surprisingly - hardy and happy. It is perhaps the first time on film that anyone has shown us the bourgeoisie enjoying its privileges." Also for Kael, "it's a movie not about how one has been scarred but about how one was formed."
    • Goofs
      During the chess match, the boys are sitting on what should be the spectator sides of the board, rather than the player sides. It appears that the chessmen were set up along the files rather than the ranks. (The lower right hand corner squares are black, when they should be white.)
    • Quotes

      Clara Chevalier: Why not take things as they come?

      Laurent Chevalier: Meaning?

      Clara Chevalier: I don't know. Begin at the beginning. Wait to experience things yourself. And there's plenty of time. I'm not rushing you. Everyone has to discover love for himself. Lots of things can happen between a man and a woman. Better to find out for yourself, not from a book.

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      Featured in Arena: My Dinner with Louis (1984)

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    A Masterpiece.

    'Murmur of the Heart' is an experience that sneaks up on you like the combined years of one's youth. The subject matter is what the repressed might reductively characterize as simple incest. That is NOT what this film is about. It is about the elastic moment of adolescence. The strange, ugly, and beautiful contradictions of familial intimacy. A boy deperate to taste the pleasures of being a man - while stuck in an awkward inbetween physical, and pyschic geography. This is one of the strongest films in all of French cinema.
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    • Dec 10, 2003
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    • Release date
      • August 12, 1971 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
      • West Germany
    • Official site
      • Official Site (France)
    • Languages
      • French
      • Latin
      • Italian
      • English
      • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
    • Also known as
      • Murmur of the Heart
    • Filming locations
      • Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
    • Production companies
      • Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)
      • Marianne Productions
      • Vides Cinematografica
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,160,784
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,160,784
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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