Murmur of the Heart

1971 · Directed by Louis Malle · 120 min · drama film, comedy film, coming-of-age film

★ 7.0/10 · 222 ratings on TMDB

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.