Murmur of the Heart

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  • Murmur of the Heart -- French drama about the sexual maturing of a precocious adolescent in an upper middle-class family whose comfortable materialism is more offensive than the youth's sexual initiation in a brothel or the salvation-through-incest resolution of the story. Directed by Louis Malle, the movie has some light humor and fine performances but depicts the sexual and social antics of the disinterested father (Daniel Gelin), the disorganized mother (Lea Massari) and their three parasitic sons as both healthy and amusing. Amoral treatment of sexual promiscuity and a bogus sense of social values. (O) (nr) ( 1971 )




    These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

    The classifications are as follows:

    A-I -- general patronage;
    A-II -- adults and adolescents;
    A-III -- adults;
    L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
    O -- morally offensive.

    Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.

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