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Director Louis Malle was told not to make this film, that its subject matter would guarantee a flop, perhaps ruin his career. Today, Murmur of The Heart is one of the better known foreign films in the American market; in Europe, it was a total smash! The story is of fourteen year old Laurent (Benoit Ferreux), the youngest boy of a well-to-do family living in 1950's France. In a slice-of-life manner, we see him steal, drink, visit a prostitute, endure the admiration of a younger boy, deal with his brothers. Then, after developing a small heart murmur, Laurent and his mother journey to a spa so he might recover; there, the lad must come to terms with his feelings for mom, his desire for her existing somewhere between boyhood and the onslaught of puberty. Murmur of The Heart is a charming film that sincerely grasps the struggles of early male adolescence and which is filled with a great jazz score, including music from Charlie "Bird" Parker. Not to be missed!

Warning (rated R): moderate sexual themes; sexual scenes; moderate nudity; adult themes; mild profanity; mild violence.

1971; aka Dearest Heart, Herzflimmern, Le Souffle au coeur; in French with English subtitles; 118 minutes; Benoit Ferreux, Marc Winocourt, Fabian Ferreux, Jacqueline Chauvaud, Lea Massari, Daniel Gelin, Eric Walter, Rene Bouloc.