Synopsis
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.
Facts
Setting
France
Original language
French
Stills
Festival History
- Academy Awards 1973 academy_award
- Cannes Film Festival 1971 generic
- New York Film Festival 1971 generic
