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.
Release: 1971
Rating: 7.0
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Duration: 118 min
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Production: Marianne Productions, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Vides Cinematografica, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
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Lea Massari
as Clara Chevalier
Benoît Ferreux
as Laurent Chevalier
Marc Winocourt
as Marc Chevalier
Fabien Ferreux
as Thomas Chevalier
Daniel Gélin
as Charles Chevalier
Michael Lonsdale
as Father Henri