The Grand Highway
Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year- old girl next door, and learns from her about life.
Rating
7.3/10
124 votes
Runtime
104 min
Theatrical cut
Released
1987
Released
Language
FR
Le Grand Chemin
Director
Jean-Loup HubertWriters
Cast
Anémone
Marcelle
Richard Bohringer
Pelo
Antoine Hubert
Louis
Vanessa Guedj
Martine
Christine Pascal
Claire, Louis' mother
Pascale Roberts
Yvonne, Martine's mother
Marie Matheron
Solange, Martine's sister
Daniel Rialet
Simon, Solange's fiancé
Jean-François Dérec
Driver
Raoul Billerey
Priest
André Lacombe
Hippolyte, gravedigger
Denise Péron
Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'
Jean Cherlian
'Le Gros'
Eugenie Charpentier
'La Lubie'
