The Grand Highway
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The Grand Highway

(1987)Directed by Jean-Loup Hubert104 min · RDrama

Nine-year-old Louis (Antoine Hubert) is put on a train out of Paris and sent to a small town in Brittany for the summer. His mother Claire (Christine Pascal) is having a second baby, so she leaves him with her friend Marcelle (Anémone) and Marcelle's husband Pelo (Richard Bohringer). Jean-Loup Hubert watches the two adults, long married and not easy with each other, as the boy and Martine (Vanessa Guedj), the ten-year-old next door, wander around them.

Anémoneas Marcelle
Antoine Hubertas Louis
Vanessa Guedjas Martine
Christine Pascalas Claire, Louis' mother
Pascale Robertsas Yvonne, Martine's mother
Marie Matheronas Solange, Martine's sister
Daniel Rialetas Simon, Solange's fiancé
André Lacombeas Hippolyte, gravedigger
Denise Péronas Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'
Jean Cherlianas 'Le Gros'
Eugenie Charpentieras 'La Lubie'
Thierry Flamandas Doctor Gauthier
Marcelle Lucasas Poultry plucker
Jeanne Allaireas Poultry plucker
Christine Hubertas Butcher
Robert Avertyas Butcher
Marie-Therese Allairias Butcher shop customer
Paul Bichonas Pelo's boyfriend
Henri Cassardas Raymond, postman