France / Italy / West Germany,
1971, 118 min
Directed by:
Louis MalleScreenplay:
Louis MalleCinematography:
Ricardo AronovichCast:
Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Michael Lonsdale, Gila von Weitershausen, Henri Poirier, Marc Winocourt, Daniel Gélin, Ave Ninchi, Fabien Ferreux (more)Plots(1)
Louis Malle's critically acclaimed Murmur of the Heart gracefully combines elements of comedy, drama, and autobiography in a candid portrait of one boy's journey from childhood to adulthood. Malle's depiction of a precocious fifteen-year old boy's sexual maturation and unorthodox relationship with his free-spirited mother is both shocking and deeply poignant, amounting to one of the finest coming-of-age films ever committed to film. (Criterion)
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