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The Grand Highway

The Grand Highway

★ 7.3/10•1987•1h 44m•R•Drama

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.

Jean-Loup Hubert · Director

Jean-Loup Hubert · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 44m
LanguageFR
Release DateMar 25, 1987

Actors

Anémone

Anémone

Marcelle

Richard Bohringer

Richard Bohringer

Pelo

Antoine Hubert

Antoine Hubert

Louis

Vanessa Guedj

Vanessa Guedj

Martine

Christine Pascal

Christine Pascal

Claire, Louis' mother

Pascale Roberts

Pascale Roberts

Yvonne, Martine's mother

Marie Matheron

Marie Matheron

Solange, Martine's sister

Daniel Rialet

Daniel Rialet

Simon, Solange's fiancé

Jean-François Dérec

Jean-François Dérec

Driver

Raoul Billerey

Raoul Billerey

Priest

André Lacombe

André Lacombe

Hippolyte, gravedigger

Denise Péron

Denise Péron

Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'

Jean Cherlian

Jean Cherlian

'Le Gros'

Eugenie Charpentier

'La Lubie'

Thierry Flamand

Doctor Gauthier

Marcelle Lucas

Poultry plucker

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