The Grand Highway (1987)
Original title: Le Grand Chemin
The Grand Highway is a 1987 French-language drama movie directed by Jean-Loup Hubert, with a running time of 1h 44m. It stars Anémone, Richard Bohringer and Antoine Hubert.
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.
Cast
- Anémone as Marcelle
- Richard Bohringer as Pelo
- 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
- Jean-François Dérec as Driver
- Raoul Billerey as Priest
- André Lacombe as Hippolyte, gravedigger
- Denise Péron as Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'