Synopsis
The Grand Highway (Le Grand Chemin, 1987) is a French coming-of-age drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Jean-Loup Hubert looks back on one summer in a Brittany village through the eyes of a nine-year-old.
Louis, a Paris boy, is parked with his mother's friend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while his mother awaits a second child. A strange house, strange adults carrying unspoken grief. What saves him is the girl next door — Martine, ten years old and already wiser about life than anyone around. They climb trees, spy on the grown-ups, and slowly piece together how the world works.
Anémone and Richard Bohringer both won Césars for these roles, and they earned them: their Marcelle and Pelo wound and move you for real. It's a warm, unhurried film with no false sentiment, the kind that stays with you. Stream The Grand Highway (1987) online on iFILM.
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