The Grand Highway (1987)
Le grand chemin
104 min
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.
- Release date
- March 25, 1987
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Anémone as Marcelle
- Richard Bohringer as Pelo
- Antoine Hubert as Louis
- Vanessa Guedj as Martine
- Christine Pascal as Claire, la mère de Louis
- Pascale Roberts as Yvonne
- Marie Matheron as Solange
- Daniel Rialet as Simon
- Jean-François Dérec as Le chauffeur
- Raoul Billerey as Le curé
- André Lacombe as Hippolyte, gravedigger
- Denise Péron as Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'
- Jean Cherlian as 'Le Gros'
- Thierry Flamand as Doctor Gauthier
Crew
- Jean-Loup Hubert · Director
- Jean-Loup Hubert · Writer
- Farid Chaouche · Producer
- Jean-François Lepetit · Producer
- Georges Granier · Composer
- Claude Lecomte · Cinematographer
- Raymonde Guyot · Editor
- Marie-Christine Lafosse · Casting director
- Thierry Flamand · Production designer