The Grand Highway

The Grand Highway

104 mins | Drama | March 25, 1987

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.

The Grand Highway

104 mins | Drama | March 25, 1987

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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Flach Films, TF1 Films Production, Séléna Audiovisuel
Original title Le Grand Chemin
Directors Martine Durand, Olivier Horlait, Jean-Loup Hubert
Writers Jean-Loup Hubert

Cast

Anémone

as Marcelle

Antoine Hubert

as Louis

Vanessa Guedj

as Martine

Christine Pascal

as Claire, Louis' mother

Pascale Roberts

as Yvonne, Martine's mother

Marie Matheron

as Solange, Martine's sister

Daniel Rialet

as Simon, Solange's fiancé

Raoul Billerey

as Priest

André Lacombe

as Hippolyte, gravedigger

Denise Péron

as Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'

Jean Cherlian

as 'Le Gros'

Eugenie Charpentier

as 'La Lubie'

Thierry Flamand

as Doctor Gauthier

Marcelle Lucas

as Poultry plucker

Jeanne Allaire

as Poultry plucker

Christine Hubert

as Butcher

Robert Averty

as Butcher

Marie-Therese Allairi

as Butcher shop customer

Paul Bichon

as Pelo's boyfriend

Henri Cassard

as Raymond, postman