The Grand Highway

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.

Directed by Jean-Loup Hubert

Top cast

Anémone

Marcelle

Richard Bohringer

Pelo

Antoine Hubert

Louis

Vanessa Guedj

Martine

Christine Pascal

Claire, Louis' mother

Pascale Roberts

Yvonne, Martine's mother

Marie Matheron

Solange, Martine's sister

Daniel Rialet

Simon, Solange's fiancé

Jean-François Dérec

Driver

Raoul Billerey

Priest

André Lacombe

Hippolyte, gravedigger

Denise Péron

Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'

Jean Cherlian

'Le Gros'

E

Eugenie Charpentier

'La Lubie'

T

Thierry Flamand

Doctor Gauthier

M

Marcelle Lucas

Poultry plucker

J

Jeanne Allaire

Poultry plucker

C

Christine Hubert

Butcher

R

Robert Averty

Butcher

M

Marie-Therese Allairi

Butcher shop customer

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