Review of Murmur of the Heart (1971) by Mitchell W — 11 Dec 2011
Louis Malle has stated that Murmur of the Heart was his first film, because this was the first film where he actually wrote the screenplay himself, and I must say he did a great job. Murmur of the Heart is a coming of age story set in the 1950s in Paris where we follow the 14-years-old bourgeois boy named Laurent Chevalier whom is just discovering all the excitement in drinking, smoking and sex, along with his two older brothers.
But he also gets the heart murmur after a scarlet fever. He and his mother then goes to a Sanatorium where he also starts to look at his mother diffidently more in a sexual way. Murmur of the Heart is a special and most of all shocking, or maybe it's not, maybe it's just natural since it happend, and because of a boy strong love for his mother which maybe in this case is stronger then most of us.
It's a complex film with a real structured plot and acting performances. Thumbs up.
This review of Murmur of the Heart (1971) was written by Mitchell W on 11 Dec 2011.
Murmur of the Heart has generally received very positive reviews.
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