Film

Cry of the Heart

1974 · 1h 37m · Drama

IMDb

5.6

Alexandre, a young man from a wealthy family, suffers a serious fall. One leg is finally amputated, leaving the other paralyzed. Desperate, the boy tries to come to terms with his new existence. He quickly adopts a cruel attitude towards those closest to him, blackmailing the house gardener and his mother, who has a lover. Obsessed with sex, he is unable to have an affair with a girl and ends up committing suicide.

Stéphane Audran

Claire

Maurice Ronet

Mathieu

Éric Damain

Alexandre

Delphine Seyrig

Mme Bunkermann

Madeleine Barbulée

Berthe

Paul Frankeur

Jean

Emmanuel de Sablet

Alain

Jean Martin

M. Bunkermann

Nathalie Roussel

Babette

Christian Boucher

Michel Delahaye

André Herraud

Robert Pages

Brigitte Pillot

Virginie Vignon

Annie Didion

(uncredited)

• Claude LallemandDirector

Release date

September 11, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama