''Le grand chemin'' is a 1987
French film
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directed by
Jean-Loup Hubert
Jean-Loup Hubert (born 4 October 1949) is a French director and screenwriter
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. 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
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History
Superlatives
Winners 1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
The following indiv ...
and
Best Actress
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.
Plot
Louis, a timid nine-year-old boy from
Paris
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, spends his summer vacation in a small town in
Brittany
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. 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
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Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer (born 16 January 1942) is a French actor.
Personal life
Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, to a French mother and a German father. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has three other children, Mathieu, Richa ...
– Pelo
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Anémone
Anne Bourguignon (; 9 August 1950 – 30 April 2019), known professionally as Anémone (), was a French actress, filmmaker and political activist. She took her stage name in 1968 from the title of her film debut in Philippe Garrel's ''Anémone' ...
– Marcelle
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Antoine Hubert – Louis
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Christine Pascal
Christine Pascal (29 November 1953 – 30 August 1996) was a French actress, writer and director.
Biography
Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's '' Les Guichets du Louvre'' (1974), and began an association w ...
– Claire
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Pascale Roberts
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Pascale derives from the Latin ''pas ...
– Yvonne
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Vanessa Guedj Vanessa may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais
* ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
* ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie ...
– Martine
Production
''Le grand chemin'' was directed by
Jean-Loup Hubert
Jean-Loup Hubert (born 4 October 1949) is a French director and screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on w ...
, and produced by Pascal Hommais and Jean Francois Lepetit.
The film was released in the U.S. as ''The Grand Highway'', in French with English subtitles.
Claude Lecomte served as director of photography, with camera operator Jean Paul Meurisse and film editor Raymonde Guyot.
The musical score was composed by Georges Granier;
the original soundtrack music was reissued in 2013 by Canadian label Disques Cinemusique.
Reception
Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer (born 16 January 1942) is a French actor.
Personal life
Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, to a French mother and a German father. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has three other children, Mathieu, Richa ...
and
Anémone
Anne Bourguignon (; 9 August 1950 – 30 April 2019), known professionally as Anémone (), was a French actress, filmmaker and political activist. She took her stage name in 1968 from the title of her film debut in Philippe Garrel's ''Anémone' ...
won
César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* C ...
s for
Best Actor and
Best Actress
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. The film was nominated for
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
of the year by the U.S.
National Board of Review
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.
References
External links
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1987 films
1987 drama films
French drama films
Films about children
Films featuring a Best Actor César Award-winning performance
Films featuring a Best Actress César Award-winning performance
Films set in Brittany
1980s French-language films
1980s French films
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