Le Grand Chemin

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Le Grand Chemin ★★★ The Grand Highway 1987

A sweet, slice-of-life French film about a young boy's idyllic summer on a family friend's farm while his mother is having a baby. Hubert's son plays the boy Louis in this retelling of the director's own childhood. In French with English subtitles. Remade with an American setting in 1991 as “Paradise.” 107m/C VHS . FR Anemone, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Vanessa Guedj, Christine Pascal, Raoul Billerey, Pascale Roberts; D: Jean-Loup Hubert; W: Jean-Loup Hubert; C: Claude Lecomte; M: Georges Granier. Cesar ‘88: Actor (Bohringer), Actress (Anemone).

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