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 Massari
Clara Chevalier
Benoît Ferreux
Laurent Chevalier
Marc Winocourt
Marc Chevalier
Fabien Ferreux
Thomas Chevalier
Daniel Gélin
Charles Chevalier
Michael Lonsdale
Father Henri
Ave Ninchi
Augusta
Annie Savarin
Cook
Gila von Weitershausen
Freda, prostitute
Micheline Bona
Aunt Claudine
Henri Poirier
Uncle Léonce
Liliane Sorval
Fernande
Jacqueline Chauvaud
Hélène
Corinne Kersten
Daphné
René Bouloc
Man at Bastille Day party
Jacques Gheusi
Hotel receptionist
Jacques Sereys
Doctor
Yvon Lec
Father Superior
Bernadette Robert
Annie
Michel Charrel
Record dealer(uncredited)
Crew
Louis Malle
Director, Writer
Suzanne Baron
Editor
Ricardo Aronovich
Director of Photography
Fernand Moszkowicz
Assistant Director
Rida Draïs
Assistant Director
Claude Nedjar
Producer
Vincent Malle
Producer
Jean-Jacques Caziot
Production Design
Jacky Reynal
Makeup Artist
Philippe Turlure
Assistant Art Director
Jean-Claude Laureux
Sound
Maurice Urbain
Unit Manager
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