The Grand Highway

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The Grand Highway
Directed by Jean-Loup Hubert
Produced byPascal Hommais
Jean Francois Lepetit
Starring Richard Bohringer
Anémone
CinematographyClaude Lecomte
Edited byRaymonde Guyot
Music byGeorges Granier
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Le grand chemin is a 1987 French film directed by Jean-Loup Hubert. It was released in the U.S. as The Grand Highway, and was remade in 1991 as Paradise .

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It won the César Award for Best Actor and Best Actress.

Plot

Louis, a timid 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 is having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns about life from her. His subsequent adventures run the gamut from delightful to terrifying, with a little "coming of age" (via a few glimpses of nudity) thrown in.

Cast

Production

Le grand chemin was directed by Jean-Loup Hubert, and produced by Pascal Hommais and Jean Francois Lepetit. [1] The film was released in the U.S. as The Grand Highway, in French with English subtitles. [1] Claude Lecomte served as director of photography, with camera operator Jean Paul Meurisse and film editor Raymonde Guyot. [1] The musical score was composed by Georges Granier; [1] the original soundtrack music was reissued in 2013 by Canadian label Disques Cinemusique. [2]

Reception

Richard Bohringer and Anémone won César Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. [3] The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the year by the U.S. National Board of Review. [4]

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References

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  2. "Le spécialiste de la musique de film au Canada". Disques Cinémusique. 2016.
  3. "Palmarès 1988 – 13 ème cérémonie des César". Académie des César. 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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