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.
Lea Massari | Clara Chevalier |
Benoît Ferreux | Laurent Chevalier |
Daniel Gélin | Charles Chevalier |
Michael Lonsdale | Father Henri |
Ave Ninchi | Augusta |
Gila von Weitershausen | Freda |
Fabien Ferreux | Thomas |
Marc Winocourt | Marc |
Micheline Bona | |
Henri Poirier | |
Liliane Sorval | |
René Bouloc |