The Grand Highway

Mar 25, 1987

1h 44m

★ 7.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TF1 Films Production

Flach Film

Séléna Audiovisuel

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Cast

Marcelle

Anémone

Pelo

Richard Bohringer

Louis

Antoine Hubert

Martine

Vanessa Guedj

Claire, Louis' mother

Christine Pascal

Yvonne, Martine's mother

Pascale Roberts

Solange, Martine's sister

Marie Matheron

Simon, Solange's fiancé

Daniel Rialet

Driver

Jean-François Dérec

Priest

Raoul Billerey

Hippolyte, gravedigger

André Lacombe

Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'

Denise Péron

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