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.
Stars: Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Marc Winocourt, Fabien Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale
Crew: Louis Malle (Director), Jean-Jacques Caziot (Production Design), Ricardo Aronovich (Director of Photography), Louis Malle (Writer), Philippe Turlure (Assistant Art Director), Jean-Claude Laureux (Sound)
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Language: Français
Studio: NEF, Marianne Productions, Franz Seitz Filmproduktion, Vides Cinematografica
Runtime: 118 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 27, 1971
IMDb: 3.9
