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.

Release Date

25 March 1987

104 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Marcelle
Claire, Louis' mother
Yvonne, Martine's mother
Solange, Martine's sister
Simon, Solange's fiancé
Hippolyte, gravedigger
Marie, aka 'La Grenouille'