The Grand Highway
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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.
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Cast
22 people
Anémone
Marcelle
Known for
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Little Nicholas
Richard Bohringer
Pelo
Known for
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Would I Lie to You?
Antoine Hubert
Louis
Also in
The War Is Over
Because of Her
Vanessa Guedj
Martine
Known for
Kaamelott
Christine Pascal
Claire, Louis' mother
Known for
The Best Way to Walk
'Round Midnight
Pascale Roberts
Yvonne, Martine's mother
Known for
The Common Man
Marius and Jeannette
Marie Matheron
Solange, Martine's sister
Known for
Come Undone
The Returned
Daniel Rialet
Simon, Solange's fiancé
Known for
Baxter
Jean-François Dérec
Driver
Known for
Marche à l'ombre
The Seventh Company Outdoors
Raoul Billerey
Priest
Known for
Naked Childhood
Betty Blue
André Lacombe
Hippolyte, gravedigger
Known for
The Bear
That Obscure Object of Desire
Denise Péron
Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'
Known for
Peppermint Soda
Jean-Loup Hubert Director · Georges Granier Composer Claude Lecomte Cinematographer
United States release January 22, 1988 · Produced in France · Production Flach Film, Séléna Audiovisuel
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
Flach Film
Production
Séléna Audiovisuel
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le Grand Chemin
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 25, 1987
Theatrical
United States · January 22, 1988
Theatrical
Argentina
September 22, 1988 · Theatrical
Australia
December 26, 1987 · Theatrical
Finland
September 16, 1988 · Theatrical
Germany
September 10, 1987 · Theatrical · West Germany
December 29, 1989 · Theatrical · East Germany
Italy
December 7, 1988 · Theatrical
Japan
August 6, 1988 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 19, 1988 · Premiere · Franse film week Amsterdam
Sweden
September 25, 1987 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 24, 1989 · Theatrical
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