Review of Murmur of the Heart (1971) by Walter M — 06 Jul 2005
[font=Century Gothic]Louis Malle's film, "Murmur of the Heart", starts out in 1954 in Dijon.(In the background, the guacamole is about to hit the fan at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam.) Laurent is a 14 year-old budding intellectual with jazz(particularly Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, whose music plays wonderfully on the soundtrack) running through his veins. Even though he attends Catholic school, he is disenchanted with religion. His father is a gynecologist, his mother dotes on him and his two older brothers are troublemakers who constantly tease him. One day, Laurent spies his mother getting into a car with a strange man...[/font].
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[font=Century Gothic]"Murmur of the Heart" is an enjoyably provocative movie about coming of age that thankfully does not pass judgment on any of its characters. At the beginning of the film, Laurent is shown to be a constant reader and that most of his experience is from books, especially from what he knows about sex. That will change. The movie takes a very playful view of sex and in that it is daringly risque.[/font].
This review of Murmur of the Heart (1971) was written by Walter M on 06 Jul 2005.
Murmur of the Heart has generally received very positive reviews.
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