The third look at one of my favorite movie moms. (Here’s the first, here’s the second)

Mdme. Chevalier in Louis Malle’s Murmur of the Heart

A coming of age story that could only be French, Malle’s Murmur tells the story of Laurent, a young boy dealing with adolescence and a mother that likes to smother. The two get to spend some quality time together when she him for a rest-cure for his heart murmur at a very conventional spa. There Laurent deals with how to lose his virginity and not how one might expect. Happy Mother’s Day indeed.

to learn more about heart murmurs and children and click click click to watch a trailer for the film..