Drama Comedy
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.
Directed by
Louis Malle
Written by
Louis Malle
Lea Massari
Clara Chevalier
Henri Poirier
Uncle Léonce
Michael Lonsdale
Father Henri
Daniel Gélin
Charles Chevalier
Fabien Ferreux
Thomas Chevalier
Ave Ninchi
Augusta
Gila von Weitershausen
Freda, prostitute
René Bouloc
Man at Bastille Day party
Annie Savarin
Cook
Benoît Ferreux
Laurent Chevalier
Micheline Bona
Aunt Claudine
Yvon Lec
Father Superior
Michel Charrel
Record dealer(uncredited)
Jacques Sereys
Doctor
Liliane Sorval
Fernande
Bernadette Robert
Annie
Marc Winocourt
Marc Chevalier
Jacques Gheusi
Hotel receptionist
Jacqueline Chauvaud
Hélène
Corinne Kersten
Daphné

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