Parasite
2019 · Comedy · Thriller
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Film / 1971
Murmur of the Heart
Directed by
Louis Malle
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Lea MassariClara Chevalier
Benoît FerreuxLaurent Chevalier
Marc WinocourtMarc Chevalier
Fabien FerreuxThomas Chevalier
Daniel GélinCharles Chevalier
Michael LonsdaleFather Henri
Ave NinchiAugusta
Annie SavarinCook
Gila von WeitershausenFreda, prostitute
Micheline BonaAunt Claudine
Henri PoirierUncle Léonce
Liliane SorvalFernande
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Jacqueline ChauvaudHélène
Corinne KerstenDaphné
René BoulocMan at Bastille Day party
Jacques GheusiHotel Receptionist
Jacques SereysDoctor
Yvon LecFather Superior
Bernadette RobertAnnie
Eric WalterLaurent's Friend
François WernerHubert
Jean-Pierre PessozSoldier
Éric BurnelliMaitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
Nicole CarrièreMother (uncredited)
Michel CharrelDisquaire (uncredited)
Huguette FagetMother (uncredited)
Isabelle KloucowskiMadeleine (uncredited)
Lia WajntalMother (uncredited)
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